Sashibhusana Rath Odia Book

Krishna Rout322 Oct, 2022Business

Sashi Bhusan Rath was a social reformer, industrialist, politician and founder-cum-editor of the Dainik ASHA newspaper (The first Odia daily), published from Brahmapur. He is famously known as Ganjam Byaghra which means The Tiger of Ganjam.Sashi Bhusan was born and brought up in Surada.[1] Rath was the second son of Lambodara Mahapatra by birth. Nilakantha Mahapatra instructed his son Lambodara that, Sashi should be given for adoption to his childless uncle Digambara Rath. So, from his early days, he used Rath as his surname.