Madhusudan_Das

IV
REMINISCENCE 0E
OFFICIALS (INDIAN)
(i)
AN APPRECIATION
B.K.GOKHALE
I met the Grand Old Man of Orissa twenty years ago when
I was first posted as-Assistant Magistrate. His proverbial kindness and
hospitality will always be remembered by all officers posted to Cuttack.
I was particularly indebted to him for introducing me to the best Oriya
society and literature and for making me feel perfectly at home in
Orissa. With all that, his behaviour in Court before junior officers
was correct even to the point of being hard on himself. I remember
one day in Khurda when a case was prolonged beyond the usual Court
hours, but the Grand Old Man indignantly rejected my suggestion that
he should take a seat while arguing the case.
After I left Khurda I had little occasion to meet him but I shall
always remember him as the first great man whom I have had the
privilege of meeting in this province.
(2)
A REMINISCENCE
S.LALL
As an Assistant Magistrate at Cuttack I called on the late Mr.
Madhusudan Das in January, 1920, with a letter of introduction from
my father who knew him well. In spite of his feeble frame, Mr.
Madhusudan Das possessed a remarkable personality which
immediately made a deep impression on me. He was even then a man
well advanced in years, but his energy was astounding. In addition
to his professional work in which from my own experience I can say
he never spared himself, he had other schemes in hand which must