Madhusudan_Das

His Life and Achievements: 21
judiciary. He never liked that the councils should interfere in matters
judicial. His view was that the dignity and freedom of Judges and
Ministers should be preserved.
Though advanced in years the fire of youth was not extinct in
him. He resented when there was anything not in conformity with
his dignity and position. He was generally generous and charitable.
He Was very keen on the industrial development of the country which
he considered essential for providing labour to the poor and with this
idea he started Utkal Tannery which unfortunately was the cause of
his financial ruin. I read the report of the tannery. He was keen for
its development, and he made considerable sacrifice for it. In order
to teach shoe-making he himself became a shoemaker ! He was a
lawyer and cobbler, both, before being Minister. This is the highest
compliment as a lawyer to him that at the advanced age of 75, after
resigning from Ministry he used to have a decent income from legal
profession and even at that age he sat on his brief up to midnight.
When I met him in Cuttack in 1926 I found him, though apparently
weak and emaciated, full of energy. He knew no rest. Rest came to
him only in his grave.
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THE LATE MR. M.S. Das
BODHRAM DUBE
Very few persons of Modern Orissa in their own days
commanded as much respect as the late Mr. M.S. Das. All sections
of the Oriya population paid homage to this great man. To the
educated, he was the grand old man of Orissa, a great patriot, a first
rate lawyer and businessman and a forceful Speaker ; to the uneducated
and common mass he was "Madhu Barrister" whose name was quoted
as the personification of learning. His was a household name even
in the most obscure parts of Orissa.
It is impossible for us. the people of Orissa, to forget him, his
name being so inseparably connected with our province. Whenever
we think of Orissa, the great man who devoted himself so ardently
for her service naturally comes into out mind. When the Oriya as