GN Das Memorial Centre

Gopendra Nath Das was at one time one of the leading legal practitioners at the Calcutta High Court and later became a judge. After his retirement,  he was elected a member of the Law Commission.  He became the Administrator (President)  of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and was also the Founder President of the Sri Ramakrishna Day Students Home at Baghbazar.

Justice Das was closely associated with Swami Lokeswarananda Maharaj and as Swami ji has written in an article “Pathuriaghata to Narendrapur”,  Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission began in a very small way at Pathuriaghata as a students’ hostel in a donated building in 1943.  Around 1946, as the student strength started increasing, Ramakrishna Mission decided to shift to a bigger premises and set up a full fledged school.  Certain legal complications arose and at that time Justice Das, who was the President of the Managing Committee, took an active role.  The matter was moved to the High Court and the issue was resolved.  The land was selected at Narendrapur and in 1957, the Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission started its journey.  In 1959, the students were shifted from Pathuriaghata to the new school and the rest is history.