Seth Govind Das
Seth Govind Das Kaka Sahib | |
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Member of Parliament for Jabalpur | |
In office 1951–1974 | |
Preceded by | Sushil Kumar Pateriya |
Succeeded by | Sharad Yadav |
Personal details | |
Born | (1896-10-16)16 October 1896 |
Died | 18 June 1974(1974-06-18) (aged 77) Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Godavari bai |
Children | 2 Sons Jagmohandas, Manmohandas & 2 Daughters Ratna Kumari, Padma |
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Relatives |
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Alma mater | Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur |
Profession | Politician, Author |
Website | http://www.gokuldas.com/sg/ |
As of 26 June, 2016 Source: ["Biography". Lok Sabha.] |
Seth Govind Das (16 October 1896 – 18 June 1974) was an Indian independence activist and parliamentarian. He belonged to the Maheshwari merchant family of Raja Gokuldas of Jabalpur.[1] The family began as the banking firm of Sevaram Khushalchand, one of the "great firms" as termed by T.A. Timberg.[2][3]
Although born in a family with a history of loyalty to the British government, he was attracted to the movement to seek India's freedom from the British rule. He joined the Non Co-operation Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 and was jailed five times for a total of eight years. He became a member of the All India Congress Committee since 1920 and served in the Congress Working Committee of the Tripuri Session of the Congress in 1939. He was the President of the Mahakoshal P.C.C. during 1928–1934 and 1946–1957, and the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee in 1957.
Das was also a Hindi author and supported Hindi as the national language of India.[4] He was jailed in Damoh for eight months by British, where he wrote four plays 'Prakash' (social), 'Kartavya' (mythological), 'Navras' (philosophical) and a 'Spardha'(one act play).[5] He wrote more than a hundred plays, a novel "Indu-mati", five travel books, a three volume autobiography, four biographies, mostly in Hindi.
He represented Jabalpur in the Indian Parliament from the first to the fifth Lok Sabha, continuously, from 1957 to 1974 when he died.[6][7] He was appointed Speaker protem (prior to the formal election of a speaker) by the President for the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Lok Sabha and administered the oath of the office to all the rest of the Lok Sabha members.[8]
The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1961.[9]
See also
References
- ^ The Life of a Text, Performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas, Philip Lutgendorf, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, p. 423
- ^ Timberg, Thomas, (1971), A Study of a "Great" Marwari Firm: 1860-1914, The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 8, issue 3, p. 264–283.
- ^ The Marwaris: From Jagat Seth to the Birlas, Thomas A Timberg, Gurcharan Das, Penguin UK, 2015
- ^ हिंदी बोलने में गर्व महसूस करते हैं ये 7 बॅालीवुड, Patrika, Sep 11, 2018
- ^ सेठ गोविन्ददास अभिनन्दन ग्रन्थ, नगेन्द्र, चतुर्वेदीमहेन्द्र, सम्पा. सेठ गोविन्ददास हीरक जयन्ती समारोह समिति, नई दिल्ली, 1956.
- ^ [Is J. P. the Answer?, Minocheher Rustom Masani, Macmillan Company of India, 1975 p. 105]
- ^ Fifth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile, GOVIND DAS, DR.,
- ^ Office of the Speaker Lok Sabha
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
External links
- Seth Govind Das
- The Commercial Kingdom of Raja Gokuldas at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 June 2002) Colonial Administration and Social Developments in Middle India: The Central Provinces, 1986–1921. PhD 1980 dissertation by Philip McEldowney
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