Pandit Badri Datt Pande (15 February 1882 – 13 January 1965) was an Indian historian,
freedom fighter
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, Social Reformer and subsequently, a
Member of Parliament
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from
Almora
Almora ( Kumaoni: ''Almāḍ'') is a municipal board and a cantonment town in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of t ...
in
independent India.
Along with
Govind Ballabh Pant
Govind Ballabh Pant (10 September 1887 – 7 March 1961) was an Indian freedom fighter and the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabh Bhai Patel, Pant was a key figure in the movement for ...
, he was one of the foremost political leaders from
Kumaon (then a part of the
United Provinces in
British India
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). He was popularly known as, and remains remembered in the region as, the ''Kumaon Kesari''. This title is derived after "
Coolie-Begar movement" in 1921.
He was the editor of a newspaper called Almora Akhbar which was shut by the British bureaucracy for its anti government stance . Thereafter he raised money to start a new newspaper named "Shakti" on 15 oct 1918 the day of Vijaydhashmi.
The society of Kumaon , during those days ,was plagued by a social system called Nayak Pratha,where it was acceptable for Nayak families to sell their daughters into prostitution.Badri Dutt fought against the system which ultimately led to the enactment of legislation to stop the practice.
His book in
Hindi
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on the history of
Kumaon is a compendium and a treatise on Kumaon, and is titled, ''Kumaon Ka Itihas''.
References
1882 births
1965 deaths
Indian independence activists from Uttarakhand
Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
India MPs 1952–1957
Indian National Congress politicians from Uttarakhand
Journalists in British India
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