Omeo Kumar Das, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian social worker
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Place of Birth: Nagaon, Assam, India
About Omeo Kumar Das
- Omeo Kumar Das (21 May 1895 – 23 January 1975), popularly addressed as Lok Nayak, was an Indian social worker, Gandhian, educationist, writer and a former minister at the Government of Assam.
- He held various ministerial portfolios such as Education, Labour and Food and Civil Supplies, during various periods, in the state of Assam.
- He translated The Story of My Experiments with Truth, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, into Assamese language and contributed to the implementation of Tea Plantation Worker’s Provident Fund in the state.
- The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1963, for his contributions to society.
- India Post honoured Das by issuing a commemorative stamp on him on 15 May 1998.
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