Madhusudan_Das

112 Mndhusudan Das .
gave me a scolding for pulling him up while he was arguing. A
scolding coming from Madhusudan Das had to be taken gracefully.
I saw a great deal of him when he and 1 were moving about with
Hubback's Orissa Administration Committee and visited Sambalpur,
Angul, Berhampur, Kalingia, G. Udayagiri, Puri and Cuttack. There
was an occasion in a meeting of this Orissa Administration Committee
when Madhusudan Das and I were on one side and the rest of the
Committee was on the other side. It was over drafting the paragraph
on a University for Orissa. There was a temporary breakdown as we
insisted on giving a note of dissent. Ultimately Hubback brought about
a compromise, so that the report could be unanimous.
When Ramsay MacDonald (later Prime Minister of England)
declared in his book on his visit to India that Madhusudan Das was
the uncrowned king of Orissa it was not merely the opinion of a
foreigner, but also the opinion of all Oriyas.