Pandit Gopabandhu Dash

Pandit Gopabandhu Dash was the President of Indian National Congress, Odisha and the Vice President of Servants of the People Society founded by Lala Lajpat Rai. He composed Dharmapada, an outstanding and intensely moving Oriya lyric while he was detained in Hazaribagh Jail (1923-25) for his participation in the civil disobedience and non-cooperation movement.

Pandit Gopabandhu Dash was the President of Indian National Congress, Odisha and the Vice President of Servants of the People Society founded by Lala Lajpat Rai. He composed Dharmapada, an outstanding and intensely moving Oriya lyric while he was detained in Hazaribagh Jail (1923-25) for his participation in the civil disobedience and non-cooperation movement. See less