Princely States
Odisha had 26 Princely States, which were not governed by the British. The Ruling Chiefs were directly governing their respective States according their own whims and fancies, by paying a royalty to the British.
The Congress Party had a policy of non-interference with the princely States. Nabababu disobeyed such a policy directive. Malati Devi, Harmohan Patnaik, Gouranga Das and Sarangadhar Das joined him in mobilizing resistance against the princely States. At their instance there was a stiff resistance against the princely State of Nilgiri. Dhenkanal was known for its oppression of the people. Nabababu did not keep quiet. He was joined by Harmohan Patnaik, the President of Dhenkanal Prajamandal, the first Praja Mandal in India to fight against rulers of Princely States, Gouranga Das, Ananta Pattanayak, Baidyanath Rath, Sachi Routray, Manmohan Mishra, Surendranath Dwivedy, and of course Malati Devi. They went from door to door in the villages around Dhenkanal, and explained about the oppressional tactics of the Raja of Dhenkanal. In 1938, he was again imprisoned for his involvement in the Praja Mandal Movement.
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