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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian lawyer and writer (1929–2008)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Gobind Chandra Das<br />
| image = Gobind Das.jpg<br />
| birth_date = 30 June 1929<br />
| birth_place = Kalyanpur Village, Jajpur District, Odisha<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|10|17|1929|6|30}}<br />
| native_name_lang = Odia<br />
| occupation = Barrister, Writer<br />
| office = Advocate General of Odisha<br />
| term_start = 1981<br />
| term_end = 1983<br />
| office1 = Advocate General, Odisha<br />
| term_start1 = 1998<br />
| term_end1 = 1999<br />
| office2 = President, Odisha Bar Association.<br />
| term_start2 = 3 April 2006<br />
| term_end2 = 6 August 2007<br />
| known_for = Legal acumen, Literary contributions<br />
| alma_mater = Lincoln's Inn, England<br />
Presidency College Kolkata<br />
Ravenshaw College, Cuttack<br />
M.S. Law College, Cuttack<br />
| spouse = Smt. Shanti Das<br />
| children = Jyoti Prakash Das & Mrinalini Das.<br />
| parents = Late Shri Gopal Chandra Das and Uma Devi<br />
}}<br />
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'''Gobind Chandra Das<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Guv moots heritage status to Ram Chandra Bhawan |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2009/dec/26/guv-moots-heritage-status-to-ram-chandra-bhawan-116311.html |access-date=26 December 2009 |website=newindianexpress |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amabasyara Chandra by Barrister Gobinda Das |url=https://ritikart.com/products/amabasyara-chandra-by-barrister-gobinda-das |access-date=26 December 2015 |website=ritikart.com |language=en}}</ref>''' (30 June 1929 – 17 October 2008)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/advocates-bid-tearful-adieu-to-barrister-das/article1359588.ece|title=Advocates bid tearful adieu to Barrister Das|work=The Hindu|date=18 October 2008 |accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref> was an Indian lawyer and writer.<br />
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== Legal career ==<br />
Das served as an Advocate General<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/orissaannualreference/ORA-2004/pdf/name_advocate_generals_orissa.pdf |title=NAME OF THE ADVOCATE GENERALS OF ODISHA | website=odisha.gov.in|language=en|access-date=26 December 2009}}</ref> of the [[Odisha High Court]] from 10 August 1998 to 15 March 1999.<br />
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== Literary contributions ==<br />
Das wrote extensively in Odia, his mother tongue, and authored novels, poetry, and articles. His debut novel, ''Amabasya Ra Chandra'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=Amabasya Ra Chandra|isbn=8174000879}}</ref><br />
achieved remarkable success and was translated into various languages, including Hindi. Some of his other notable literary works include ''Deshe Deshe'',<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book |author=Mohan Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4380 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1992 |isbn=978-81-260-1221-3 |pages=4380–}}</ref> ''Jatak'', ''Misra Raga'', ''Bhagnansa'', and his autobiography ''Sana Gotiye Jibana''.<br />
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Das' most prominent literary works were centred around the Supreme Court, with books like ''Justice in India'' and ''Supreme Court in Quest Of Identity'','''<ref name=":0" />'''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Supreme Court in Quest Of Identity|isbn=81-7012-690-8 |last1=Dāsa |first1=Gobinda |date=2000 |publisher=Eastern Book Company }}</ref> which provided a comprehensive analysis of the Supreme Court.<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
* ''Supreme Court In Quest of Identity'' {{ISBN|81-7012-690-8}}<br />
* ''Supreme But Not Infallible'' {{ISBN|0195653793}}<br />
* ''Amabasya Ra Chandra''. {{ISBN|8174000879}}<br />
* ''Deshe Deshe'' {{ISBN|81-7400-468-8}}<br />
* ''Sana Gotie Jibana'' {{ISBN|8174004998}}<br />
* ''Kete Katha O Kichhi Kabita |Ekatra Sankalana |'' {{ISBN|8174004289}}<br />
* ''Justice In India''.<br />
* ''Misraraga ମିଶ୍ରରାଗ'' (Short Stories)<br />
* ''Jataka - ଜାତକ'' (book of Poems)<br />
* ''Lassu - ଲାସୁ'' (Novel)<br />
* ''Bhagannsa ଭଗ୍ନାଂଶ'' (Novel)<br />
* ''Surjiyasta - ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟାସ୍ତ ''(Novel)<ref>{{cite news|title=ସୁପ୍ରିମ୍ କୋର୍ଟର ପ୍ରଥମ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଓକିଲ|url=http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=173776&boxid=21159582|accessdate=26 June 2015|newspaper=ସମ୍ବାଦ ୨୬/୦୬/୨୦୧୫ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର ସଂସ୍କରଣ|date=26 June 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304223846/http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=173776&boxid=21159582|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Ravenshaw University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]<br />
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