Madhusudan_Das

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controversy, is still a monumental record of the tenants case and has since
remained unsurpassed on the line of its investigation, the character of its
conclusions and its highly patriotic outlook. Gandhi, the Mahatma even
did not quiver a little to write in appreciation of Madhusudan: "He was a
great patriot. He held most liberal views about religion. Though he
professed Christianity, he had the same regard lor Hinduism that he
entertained lor his own faith. He wore himsell out in teaching the youth
of this country. "Dignity of Labour...." And perhaps, this is the best epitaph
that such a high-ranking personality deserved richly, to be bestowed
upon by no less a person of Gandhiji's calibre — by far the best of the sons
of Mother India Orissa renowned, he melted into me history of Orissa,
leaving behind a blazing trail lor the posterity to follow and cherish.