Badri Datt Pandey


Pandit Badri Datt Pandey was an Indian historian, freedom fighter and subsequently, a Member of Parliament from Almora in independent India.
Along with Govind Ballabh Pant, he was one of the foremost political leaders from Uttarakhand . He was popularly known as, and remains remembered in the region as, the Kumaon Kesari. This title is derived after "Coolie-Begar movement" in 1921.
He also published a revolutionary newspaper"Shakti" in 15 oct 1918 the day of Vijaydhashmi.
His book in Hindi on the history of Kumaon is a compendium and a treatise on Kumaon, and is titled, Kumaon Ka Itihas.