GOPAL CHANDRA PRAHARAJ

Gopal Chandra Praharaj was born in 1864. He authored “Purnachandra Bhashakosha” (first Oriya encyclopaedia which was a magum opus). Bhagabat Tungire Sandhya, ‘Bai Mohanty Panji’, ‘Main Sahebanka’, ‘Rojanamocha Ba Duniara Halachal’, ‘Nanaka Bastani’, ‘Ama Gharara Holchal’ etc. are his other literary creations. He died in 1946.