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Gopabandhu Das

Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (died 1928)

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Born
October 9, 1877
Died
June 17, 1928
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1877

About Gopabandhu Das

Gopabandhu Das (1877–1928), popularly known as Pandit Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das, was a social worker, reformer, political activist, journalist, poet and essayist. Madhusudan Das encouraged Gopabandhu Das to stand for election to the Legislative Council that had been created in 1909 under the terms of the Morley-Minto Reforms. It secured affiliation from Calcutta University and held its first matriculation exam in 1914. After its members decided to join the Non-Cooperation movement, made at a conference on 31 December 1920, Das effectively became a member of the Indian National Congress.

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Gopabandhu Das timeline

  1. Madhusudan Das encouraged Gopabandhu Das to stand for election to the Legislative Council that had been created in 1909 under the terms of the Morley-Minto Reforms.
  2. It secured affiliation from Calcutta University and held its first matriculation exam in 1914.
  3. After its members decided to join the Non-Cooperation movement, made at a conference on 31 December 1920, Das effectively became a member of the Indian National Congress.

The world when Gopabandhu Das was born

Gopabandhu Das was born in 1877. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
  • Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
  • Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Gopabandhu Das's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18772026
Population44.2M341 million

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