M. Govinda Pai
Manjeshwar Govinda Pai , also known as Rastrakavi Govinda Pai, was a Kannada poet. He was awarded the first Rashtrakavi title by the Madras Government . Rashtrakavi M. Govinda Pai was the one who put Manjeshwar on the literary map of India.
M. Govinda Pai was born onMarch 1883 in a Konkani Goud Saraswat Brahmin family at his maternal grandfathers house in Manjeshwar. He was the first son of Mangalore Sahukaar Thimmappa Pai and Devaki Amma. Govinda Pai went to school in Mangalore. For college education, Pai went to Madras . Due to the sudden death of his father, he had to return.
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