He is a person who is highly respected in the society for his noble thoughts and deeds and therefore commands authority over the mass.
Usage of such phrase began to alternatively define Haridas Pal as someone who is suffering from illusory superiority or delusions of greatness and grandeur.
[2] According to one theory, the name derives from that of a real person who hailed from a poor family of Rishra but subsequently overcame poverty to become a successful businessman in Kolkata in the first half of the 20th century.
He set up a business in glasses and lanterns in Burrabazar, Kolkata and subsequently expanded it to Guwahati.
[4] According to another theory, Haridas Pal hailed from Haripur village in eastern Bengal, now in Bangladesh.