Madhusudan Das

Madhusudan Das
Utkala Gouraba Madhusudan Das
Utkala Gouraba Madhusudan Das
Born(1848-04-28)28 April 1848
Satyabhamapur, Cuttack district, Bengal Presidency, Company rule in India
Died4 February 1934(1934-02-04) (aged 85)
Cuttack, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
OccupationLawyer, social reformer, freedom fighter, minister, industrialist
EducationM.A, B.L.
Alma materCalcutta University
Period1848–1934
SpouseSoudamini Devi
ChildrenSailabala Das, Sudhanshubala Hazra
ParentsChoudhury Raghunath Das
Parbati Debi
RelativesGopala Ballabha Das (brother)
Ramadevi Choudhury (niece)

Madhusudan Das (28 April 1848 – 4 February 1934) was an Indian lawyer and social reformer, who founded Utkal Sammilani in 1903 to campaign for the unification of Odisha along with its social and industrial development. He was one of the prominent figure, helping in the creation of Orissa Province (present-day Odisha, India), which was established on 1 April 1936. He was also the first graduate and advocate of Odisha. He is also known as Kulabruddha (Grand Old Man), Madhu Babu, and Utkal Gouraba (Pride of Utkal). In Odisha, his birthday is celebrated as the Lawyers' Day on 28 April.