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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Seth
| name = Govind Das
| honorific_suffix = Kaka Sahib
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1896|10|16}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1974|06|18|1896|10|16}}
| death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| birth_place =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| parliament = India
| constituency_MP3 = [[Jabalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jabalpur]]
| predecessor3 = Sushil Kumar Pateriya
| successor3 = [[Sharad Yadav]]
| term_start3 = [[Indian general election, 1951–52|1951]]
| term_end3 = 1974
| alma_mater = Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur
| nationality = [[India]]n
| profession = [[Politician]], [[Author]]
| relatives =
| father = Jeevan Das
| mother = Parvati Bai
| spouse = Godavari bai
| children = 2 Sons Jagmohandas, Manmohandas & 2 Daughters Ratna Kumari, Padma
| website = http://www.gokuldas.com/sg/
| date = 26 June|
| year = 2016|
| source = {{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/730.htm|title=Biography|publisher=Lok Sabha}}
}}

'''Seth Govind Das''' (16 October 1896 – 18 June 1974) was an Indian independence activist and a distinguished parliamentarian. He belonged to the [[Maheshwari]] merchant family of Raja Gokuldas of [[Jabalpur]].<ref>[http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft796nb4pk&chunk.id=d0e25215&toc.id=d0e24657&brand=ucpress The Life of a Text, Performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas, Philip Lutgendorf, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, p. 423]</ref> The family began as the banking firm of Sevaram Khushalchand, one of the "great firms" as termed by T.A. Timberg.<ref>Timberg, Thomas, (1971), A Study of a "Great" Marwari Firm: 1860-1914, The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 8, issue 3, p. 264-283.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5cWUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT47&lpg=PT47&dq=Sevaram+Khushalchand&source=bl&ots=ay6MyMCwfc&sig=0wq-RRcxp7DdzgCAJVCu5lKfrpQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gnhuVcGrB8TutQXkzYGwBQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sevaram%20Khushalchand&f=false The Marwaris: From Jagat Seth to the Birlas, Thomas A Timberg, Gurcharan Das, Penguin UK, 2015]</ref>

Das was also a famous [[Hindi]] author. He was well known for his support of Hindi as the national language of India.<ref>[https://www.patrika.com/bollywood-news/top-7-bollywood-stars-who-like-to-speak-proper-hindi-3399546/ हिंदी बोलने में गर्व महसूस करते हैं ये 7 बॅालीवुड, Patrika, Sep 11, 2018]</ref> He represented [[Jabalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jabalpur]] in the [[Indian Parliament]] from 1957 to 1974.<ref>[Is J. P. the Answer?, Minocheher Rustom Masani, Macmillan Company of India, 1975 p. 105]</ref>

Das was a close associate and follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. He was jailed in [[Damoh]] for eight months by British, where he wrote four plays 'Prakash' (social), 'Kartavya' (mythological), 'Navras' (philosophical) and a 'Spardha'(one act play).<ref>सेठ गोविन्ददास अभिनन्दन ग्रन्थ, नगेन्द्र, चतुर्वेदीमहेन्द्र, सम्पा. सेठ गोविन्ददास हीरक जयन्ती समारोह समिति, नई दिल्ली, 1956.</ref> The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1961.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Marwari people]]
* [[Hitkarini Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.gokuldas.com/sg/ Seth Govind Das]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020602040427/http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Ideas/CP/ch08raja.html |date=2 June 2002 |title=The Commercial Kingdom of Raja Gokuldas }} Colonial Administration and Social Developments in Middle India: The Central Provinces, 1986–1921. PhD 1980 dissertation by Philip McEldowney

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1960–69}}

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