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Purushottam Das Tandon
Indian freedom fighter
Purushottam Das Tandon (pronunciationⓘ; 1 August 1882 – 1 July 1962) was a freedom fighter from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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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.[1] He was customarily given the title Rajarshi (etymology: Raja + Rishi = Royal Saint).
He was popularly known as UP Gandhi. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1961.[2]
Early life
Purushottam Das Tandon was born in Allahabad in a middle class Khatri family.[3] 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. Tandon ji worked as Professor of Hindi at Victoria College, Gwalior.
Freedom struggle
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