Laxminarayan Sahu

Dr. Laxminarayan Sahu (3 October 1890 - 18 January 1963) was an eminent and noted writer, poet, journalist, social worker, reformer, historian, politician from Odisha, India.[1][2]

He was born in a village named Manikhamb near Balasore and was the only son of his father, Khetramohan Sahu.[2] and got degrees of M.A and L.L.B after graduation from school.[1] He was a teacher of a repute.[2] He was noted for his writings and books recording the tribal myths of Orissa. His stories were connected with creation, heaven, and hell, life and death, which the tribal people of Orissa have been taken down from the lips to lips from generations.[3] He was also deeply involved in promotion and preservation of folk dance and music of Orissa and Oriya culture, language and literature.[4] Apart from Oriya he was also for his writings in Hindi, Bengali, English and Sanskrit. His other famous stories are “Veena“, “Sulata“, “Control Room“, poems “ Pashara “ and social story of “Springs of the Soul “ etc. He was also Oriya newspaper Sahakar and English dailies - Vatarini and Star of Utkal[2] As a reformer, he fought again untouchability and social evils against women.

He was elected to Orissa Assembly in 1947 and was a member of Constituent Assembly of India.[1][5] He was noted for his fiery and to the fact debates while drafting of constitution of India and even Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had to admit in context of arguments put forth by Laxminaryan Sahu that the Constitution was carrying contradictions, harmful enough to shatter India, unless removed by the people’s representatives in the earliest opportunity.[6] At the debate in Constituent Assembly of India, he is said to have thundered:- Mr. Kamath has quietly introduced in it the God too. Some people hold that there is no God. The people of India do not want God[6]

He was awarded with Padma Shri in year 1955 for his contributions in field of Literature & Education. He was also given title of Ithihasratna for his works and writings on history of Odisha. He was a member of Asiatic Society, President of Odisha Sahitya Academy and also a member of Servants of India Society.[4]

A school in Cuttack has been named after his as Lakshmi Narayan Sahu Mahavidyalaya.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eminent Indians who was who, 1900-1980, also annual diary of events. 1985. p. 286.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Laxminarayan Sahu Balasore Official Website
  3. ↑ Midwest folklore , Volumes 10-11. Indiana University. 1960. p. 191.
  4. 1 2 Six acres and a half: Oriya novel: Chhamana atha guntha. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. 1967. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Debates of The Constituent Assembly of India". 164.100.47.132. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  6. 1 2 "It is Time for Indian Patriotic Intelligentsia to Wake up « Orissa Matters". Orissamatters.com. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  7. ↑ "Lakshmi Narayan Sahu Mahavidyalaya". Lnsmahavidyalaya.org. 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
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