Binod Kanungo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Cuttack District, Odisha, India
About Binod Kanungo
- Binod Kanungo is a renowned Odia author, freedom fighter, Gandhian, educator, social reformer and celebrated compiler of the Gyana Mandala, which is the greatest encyclopaedia in the Odia language.
- He also won the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award for his travelogue Runa Parishodha (1983).
- He was also a veteran freedom fighter and notable educationist.
- He was awarded with India's fourth highest civilian honour "Padmashree".
- He died on 22 June 1990.
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