They were motivated to listen to the Radio on a regular basis. They were all interested in books of any theme. All of his four brothers were the best students in each class. Mastery over languages and grammar, discussions at home with learned people across the state on topics from religion and philosophy to literature and epics modified the young minds at home to a great extent. Right from the early days of childhood, his children were greatly impressed by the reformist activities and Yogic attitude of their father. His home was a Centre of attraction for all-it was a temple of knowledge, a stadium for the Yogic inspirations, and a tiny University.Īnd within two decades of the establishment of the School, a college could be founded, that in the present day serves the educational need of about a few thousand students.
He gave free coaching for a period of over 25 years to all the students of the school. Much of his salary was spent on books purchased either for Libraries or for poor, needy, and meritorious students. He was a voracious reader too, to facilitate this he had started a library at home as well as in different villages nearby. Many of his Novels, Poetry collections, and Dramas although read and enjoyed by the people around, remained unpublished. He directed a dozen Dramas, melodramas, and Plays. He was a great Essayist, Poet, Story writer, Dramatist, and Musician. Being a great scholar and an expert in Yoga, he motivated the whole society toward socio-cultural integrity.
He taught the Mother tongue Odia, Sanskrit, English, and Mathematics as and when required by the school. He emerged as one of the most loved, popular, and highly regarded as Friend, Philosopher, and Guide for almost all the students of the locality. Schools, a High School which flourished to become one of the best in the State later on. Gradually he gained people's support for the great cause. Later on, he made him unsettled by resigning from his Government Teacher's job and started founding Schools in his native area, against the will of the landlords. He never forgot the difficulties he faced in educating himself. Some of his class mates joined other high-salaried jobs and later on became millionaires, while he remained a poor ideal teacher working in the far remote tribal-dominated places which were known as malarial belts. In spite of many lucrative high salaried jobs available to him, he joined the department of Education, a job that had no promises, no financial progress, and the least reimbursement.
It was during these days of sufferings that he vowed to work for the upliftment of his people. He was educated in one of the schools in spite of his poor economic background and succeeded in graduating from it. There were only three High Schools in the district, one per Subdivision. Keonjhar during the pre-independence era was a very underdeveloped, tribal district lacking in many aspects. His father was a very talented student of the district in his childhood and topped the ranks in every class all through his Educational life.
He was born in Sainkul, a remote village in the district of Kendujhar of Odisha, India as the third child to Durga Charan Chakra and Sukanti Lata Chakra, in a family of the royal clan that migrated from Rajasthan and settled under the direct assistance of the then king of the princely state of Keonjhar of Odisha, Maharaja Govind Bhanja, during the Sixties of 15th Century while India was yet to become a British Colony.