Artaballabha Mohanty, was a notable writer and literary critique.

Personal life

He was born on 30 July 1887 at

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in a Karan family.

Career

He received

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and

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. Then he became a professor at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha. He was the founder of Prachi Samiti (1925–1934), a literary institution that played a key role in reshaping Odia literature. Mohanty has also published the only available print record of

Madala Panji The Madala Panji is a chronicle of the Jagannath Temple, Puri, Odisha, India. It describes the historical events of Odisha related to Lord Jagannath and the Jagannath Temple. The ''Madala Panji'' dates from the 12th century. However other scholars ...

Awards and medals

* The British Government appreciated his valuable services as an educationist and scholar and gave him the title of

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in 1931 and

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in 1943. *

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, (1960) by the

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* Utkal University decorated him with the title of Doctor of Literature.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohanti, Artabalabha 1887 births 1969 deaths Writers from Odisha Odia-language writers People from Cuttack

Mohanty Mohanty () is a Odia surname native to Odisha used by Karan community, it is also used in neighbouring states of Odisha such as Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. Notable people *Akshaya Mohanty (1937–2002), a music personality from ...

Indian literary critics 20th-century Indian educational theorists Scholars from Odisha