In the Bhadrak district of Odisha’s Agarpada hamlet, Harekrushna Mahtab was born. He was conceived in the noble Khandayat family of Krushna Charan Das and Tohapha Debi.He enrolled in Ravenshaw College in Cuttack after clearing the matriculation exam at Bhadrak High School, but he left school in 1921 to join the freedom fight.
The Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi had a profound influence on Utkal Keshari Harekrushna Mahtab, a multifaceted towering like personality of the modern era, the builder of modern Utkal, and the founder of a new dawn in Odisha. For his contributions to the growth of Odia literature and culture, Dr. Mahtab’s name will be written in gold letters in the annals of Odisha politics for all time.
Mahatab famously participated in a movement against untouchability in 1934 and opened the gates of his ancestral temple in Odisha to all.In 1938, Subhash Chandra Bose nominated Mahatab to the Congress Working Committee where he served till 1950. In the same year, he was also made the President of the State Peoples’ Enquiry Committee. He recommended the withdrawal of state support to the princely states and their merger with the Odisha Province. Further, he actively participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942, for which he was imprisoned in the Ahmednagar Fort Jail from 1942 to 1945.
Magazine Info
| Magazine name | Bisnupurara Bhitiri Katha / ବିଷ୍ଣୁପୁରର ହିତିରି କଥା |
| Editor | Harekrushna Mahatab |
| No Of pages | 25 |
| Publisher | Harekrushna Mahatab |
| Publication | 1989 |
| Printed At | NA |
| Distributor | NA |