Laxminarayan Mishra

Pandit Laxminarayan Mishra (11 April 1904 – 30 May 1961) was an Indian Nationalist, educationist, politician and writer from Odisha, India. He was one of the most active nationalists of Western Odisha. Being a staunch nationalist and a follower of the Indian Independence movement, he left school and joined the movement. He spent his years preaching ideas of revolution and in time was spent 17 years in prison. In prison he spent a considerable amount time learning many languages such as Gujarati, Persian, and Urdu, as well as religious readings. This earned him the title of Pandit from many other freedom fighters. His descendants live in Sambalpur.

Mishra was born in 1904 to Krupasindhu Mishra and Revati Devi who were Hindu Brahmins. He spent his childhood in Nandapada, Sambalpur. He attended Gurupada Primary school and later went to Zilla School, Sambalpur. At Zilla school at 10th standard, he with his friends left school and joined the independence movement. They were responsible for spreading and preaching the movement in many parts of Odisha. He also performed a protest against the visit of the crown prince of England to India on 17 December 1921 for which he was arrested on 31 March 1922 for his activities and was fined Rs 50. But on his refusal to pay a fine he was sentenced to one month imprisonment. In 1930, he joined the Salt Satyagraha and Civil Disobedience Movement on whose leadership the tricolor flag was hoisted in Sambalpur schools. Although he was not formally educated, he was a prolific writer on religion and literature. Provided by Wikipedia