Gopala Ballabha Das
Gopala Ballabha Das was an Indian Odia language writer and deputy magistrate, assistant of Odisha commissioner during the British rule in India. He wrote novels, poems, and translated books. His novel, Bhimabhuyan was the first tribal novel.
Personal life
Choudhury Gopala Ballabha Das was born on 23 December 1860 at Satyabhamapur, 20 kilometres from Cuttack during the Company rule in India in an aristocratic Zamindar Karan family. His father was Choudhury Raghunath Das and his mother, Parbati Debi. He is the younger brother of Utkalagourab Madhusudan Das. He was married to Basanta Kumari Devi. His daughter Ramadevi Choudhury was an Indian freedom fighter and a social reformer.Education
Das had completed his M.A. from Kolkata University.Career
He had joined British India as a deputy magistrate. Later he became the assistant of the commissioner of Odisha in British Govt. and then became the superintendent of all Gadajata states in Odisha.Publications
Bhimabhuyan - 1908Priti Sudhakara - 1906Atmabata Sarba Bhuteshu - 1888Kabita Manjari - 1895Bhakti Rasabali - 1900Rayabahadur Nandakishore Das Biography- ''Ramesh Chandra Dutta Biography''