Gour Hari Das' life to be a part of school textbooks?

Ananth Mahadevan, the director of the upcoming film 'Gour Hari Dastaan — The Freedom File', feels the story of the Odia freedom fighter — on whom his film is based — should be a part of school textbooks

Ananth Mahadevan, the director of the upcoming film 'Gour Hari Dastaan — The Freedom File', feels the story of the Odia freedom fighter — on whom his film is based — should be a part of school textbooks.

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A scene from 'Gour Hari Dastaan'

The director has written to the education department of Maharashtra that a chapter on Das' life needs to be incorporated in history textbooks as he is one of the unsung heroes of the country’s freedom struggle.

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