Seth Govind Das

Seth Govind Das (Hindi: सेठ गोविंद दास; 16 October 1896 –18 June 1974) was a freedom fighter and a distinguished parliamentarian.

He was also a famous Hindi author. He is well known for his support of Hindi as the national language of India. He represented Jabalpur in the Indian Parliament from 1947 to 1974.

He was a close associate and follower of Mahatma Gandhi. 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).

See also

• Hitkarini Sabha

External links

• Seth Govind Das
• The Commercial Kingdom of Raja Gokuldas at the Wayback Machine (archived June 2, 2002) Colonial Administration and Social Developments in Middle India: The Central Provinces, 1986-1921. Ph. D. 1980 dissertation by Philip McEldowney