Biswanath Pattnaik
Biswanath Pattnaik | |
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Born | (1916-11-11)11 November 1916 Kumarada, Ganjam |
Died | 29 May 2010(2010-05-29) (aged 93) |
Known for | Bhoodan movement, Constructive work for Tribal People |
Parent(s) | Upendra Pattnaik (father), Indumati (mother) |
Biswanath Pattnaik was a well-known veteran Gandhian, Sarvodaya and Bhoodan leader. He won the Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 2008[1] for his social, medical, and education work in the tribe-dominated areas of Kujendri and Baliguda, Odisha state, India.
Early life
Biswanath Pattnaik was born on 11 November 1916 in Kumarada, a village of what was then Ganjam district. Biswanath studied in his village school. His father, Upendra Pattnaik, died when he was a child. After this, his grandfather, Ghanashyam Pattnaik, looked after him. Later, he traveled to Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh where he studied until class 8 before dropping out.[2]
At the age of 17, he started his career as an informal teacher at his village school with a monthly salary of seven rupees. It was there that he was inspired by the Gandhian Sri Gopabandhu Choudhury, and started working as his assistant. Sri Choudhury sent him to Koraput to expand the Khadi movement (as part of the Swadeshi, or self-sufficiency movement). Sri Pattnaik arrived in Kujendri in 1940.
Constructive work
Sri Pattnaik joined the movement for the formation of a separate Utkal (Odisha) state. He was a part of larger nationalist and independence movements that were occurring in Odisha around the same time.[3] He started his work in Banabasi Seva Samiti[4] (founded by Sri Gopabandhu Choudhury in 1972) and took up issues like education and upliftment of the poor tribespeople. The Samiti ran several residential schools for the tribal children, orphanages and old age homes.[5]
He helped popularize the Khadi movement and in Koraput that he was called Koraputia Gandhi.[6] He also campaigned against discrimination against the Dalit and the institution of "untouchability."[5] Under his leadership and the direction of Krupasindhu Hota, people of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes entered the Hindu temple at Kujendri. A close associate of Vinoba Bhave, Pattnaik was better known as "agnya" ('Sir' in Oriya) by the people around him.
Later he joined the Quit India movement. He started the Bhoodan movement in the Koraput area[7][8][9] which was successful in bringing change to the region.
Awards
Sri Pattnaik received the following awards amongst others:
- Best Social Worker Award from Bharatiya Adimajati Sevak Sangh, 1995
- Justice Rajksishore Das Samman, 1996
- Sarala Award, 2002
- Rajiv Gandhi Sadvabana Award, 2003
- Pradyumna Bala Sammana
- Kondhamala Citizen Forum Felicitation Award
- Jamnalal Bajaj Award, 2008[10]
Film maker Ajaya Bharadwaj has started making a documentary film on the work of Biswanath Pattnaik.
Death
Shri Pattnaik died on 29 May 2010 at Baliguda, Kandhamal district, Odisha. He was 93.[6][11]
See also
- Gandhism
- Life history of Biswanath Pattnaik
References
- ^ "Jamnalal Bajaj awards-2008" Jamnalal Bajaj Awards 2008
- ^ Barua, Ananya (5 June 2019). "Koraputia Gandhi: The Forgotten Legend Who Served Odisha's Tribals for 77 Years". The Better India. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "National Movements in Odisha". History of Odisha. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Banabasi seva samiti" Archived 31 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Sarangi, Gadadhar; Acharya, Bibhuti (October 2022). "A Benevolent Freedom Fighter and Jamnalal Bajaj Awardee "Ajnya"" (PDF). e-Magazine - Government of Orissa. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ a b "'Koraput Gandhi' cremated". The Hindu. 30 March 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Orissa Review-2012" Archived 31 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine An article in Orissa Review ,August 2012
- ^ "Odisha Review, February - March - 2013" Archived 22 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ " An article in Utkal Prasanga,July-2014 by Dr. Atul chandra Prodhan- Swadhinata parabarti odishare sabvodaya Andolana" Archived 20 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation"
- ^ "Veteran Gandhian Biswanath Patnaik dead - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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