Purushottam Das Tandon
Indian freedom fighter (1882–1962)
Purushottam Das Tandon (; 1 August 1882 – 1 July 1962) was a freedom fighter from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is widely remembered for his opposition to the partition of India, as well as efforts in achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi. He was customarily given the title Rajarshi (etymology: Raja + Rishi = Royal Saint). He was popularly known as UP's Gandhi. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1961.
Early life
Purushottam Das Tandon was born in Allahabad in a middle class Khatri family. After obtaining a degree in law and an MA in history, he started practicing in 1906 and joined the bar of Allahabad High Court in 1908 as a junior to Tej Bahadur Sapru. He gave up practice in 1921 to concentrate on public activities. He also worked as a professor of Hindi at Victoria College, Gwalior.
Freedom struggle
He was a member of Indian National Congress since his student days in 1899.
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