Binod Kanungo
Encyclopedia compiler
Died when: 78 years 16 days (936 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Binod Kanungo (1912–1990) was an Odia author, freedom fighter, Gandhian, educator, social reformer and compiler of the Gyana Mandala, which was 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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