As always in such cases, the tale of Lord Labak Das has a grain of truth. Take for instance the story of Lord Labak Das. If we at all want to search for the inspiration behind Lord Labak Das, let us give a kind-hearted Gujarati the credit. But of late, there is a persistent WhatsApp forward, which claims that Lord Labak Das was in fact Lord Labough Dash, a kind-hearted Governor of Madras in the pre-Independence era. Satyamurti Bhavan, the Chennai home of the Congress Party, fronts Patters Gardens and stands on land gifted by Lodd Govindoss.

Source: The Hindu July 15, 2016 12:22 UTC