Nabakrushna Choudhuri
| Nabakrushna Choudhuri | |
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| ନବକୃଷ୍ଣ ଚୌଧୁରୀ | |
| Chief Minister, Odisha | |
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In office 12 May 1950 – 19 October 1956 |
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| Preceded by | Harekrushna Mahatab |
| Succeeded by | Biju Patnaik |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 November 1901 Khersa, Jagatsinghpur |
| Died | 24 June 1984 (aged 82) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Malati Choudhury |
| Alma mater | Ravenshaw College |
Nabakrushna Choudhuri (born on 23 November 1901 at Cuttack, Odisha, India - died 1984) was an Indian politician and activist. He served as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Odisha. He dwelt from a landlord family of Kherasa village of Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha. His father, Gokulananda Choudhuri was a great advocate. Nabakrushna had shown unusual talents during his childhood. He was very fond of games and sports. Noticing that he was devoting more time to games and sports, his father engaged a private tutor for him. Subsequently he studied at the Peary Mohan Academy and completed his studies leading to Matriculation Examination at the age of 14. He had to wait for two years and eventually passed the examination with a good division.
In 1917, Nabakrushna Choudhuri took admission in the Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. At about this time his brother Gopabandhu Choudhury resigned from government service to serve the people of Odisha. That year the people of Russia had achieved victory by fighting against the oppressive king. This had a deep influence on Nabakrushna Choudhuri. One thought repeatedly came to his mind. When the people in the country are facing innumerable problems in dependent India, what is the use of studying in the college to get a good job? He left the Ravenshaw College along with Nityananda Kanungo, Loknath Patnaik, Jadumani Mangaraj and Harekrushna Mahtab. At this point of time he lost his father. His elder brother Gopabandhu Choudhury became his guardian. Many others followed them. This was in 1921. Gandhiji was organizing the people for taking up some constructive programmes, the most important of which was attaining self-sufficiency in clothes through spinning and weaving. Unfortunately, spinning and weaving had been completely stopped in Odisha. In 1922, Nabakrushna Choudhuri went to Sabarmati in Gujarat to learn all about Khadi – the principles and philosophy of spinning and weaving. Gandhiji was living in an Ashram in Sabarmati. Within ten months Nabakrushna learnt all about Khadi.
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