Madhusudan_Das

26 Madhusudan Das :
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A MAJESTIC PERSONALTY
ABDUL KARIM
I first met the late Mr. M.S. Das, C.I. E., in the year 1896, on
my visit to Cuttack as Assistant Inspector of Schools for Mohammedan
Education. He impressed me much by his courtesy, affability and
suavity of manner, which endeared him to all who had occasion to
come in contact with him. By his public spirit, liberal views and
philanthropic activities he commanded the esteem and confidence of
his contemporaries who regarded him as an outstanding personality
of the time. He was free from communalism and was, therefore, very
popular with people of all creeds and communities.
When he was a Minister under the Government of Bihar and
Orissa, I had occasion to meet him often at the place of his colleague,
the late Sir Syed Fakhruddin. I was struck by his sanity, sobriety,
independence and devotion to duty in his old age. He had to relinquish
his high office, if my information is correct, as he could not subscribe
to the policy of Government in certain matters.
I need hardly say that the late Mr. Das has left a noble example
that deserves to be imitated and emulated by his countrymen.
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A GREAT PIONEER
MUKUNDA PROSAD DAS
I have been asked to write a few lines on the life and activities
of late lamented Mr. Madhusudan Das, one of the greatest sons Orissa
has produced within the living memory. But while I take to my pen,
I am so much overwhelmed and overpowered by the various thoughts
with regard to several aspects of his life that I do not know where