During second world war, Biju Patnaik and his wife Gyan played crucial role in air dropping medicines and supplies for soldiers and also evacuating Indians to safety from war ravaged Burma. During India’s Freedom struggle , Biju Babu gave shelter…
President of India Inaugurates Bicentenary Celebration of Paika Rebellion of Odisha
The President of India Shri Pranab Mukharjee inaugurated the “Bicentenary celebration of the heroic Paika Rebellion of Odisha, a valiant uprising of Paikas against the British rule” organised by the Ministry of Culture here today. Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri…
Birsa Munda : Few things you should know about this great freedom fighter of India
Also known as a tribal martyr, Birsa Munda fought hard against the transformation of the tribal agrarian system into feudal state, by the British, which had led to the alienation of the lands held by the tribal. Though he was…
Happy birthday Utkala Gouraba Madhusudan Das : A citizen blog by Sambeet Dash from Georgia USA
If he wasn’t born in Odisha on this day of 28th April exactly 169 years ago, then in all probability we would be reading and speaking Bengali today. He is no one, but our UTKALA GOURABA (The Pride of Odisha)…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets 200 years old Paika Rebellion freedom fighters Kin
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met the descendants of historical Paika Rebellion martyrs, who undertook an armed rebellion against the British rulers in Odisha in 1817. He felicitated the families of freedom fighters at Raj Bhawan here in presence…
Nilakantha Granthabali : A blog after going through autobiography Pandit Nilakantha Das by Sambeet Dash
Many thanks to my friend Dillip Babu who sent me a PDF copy of an autobiography – NILAKANTHA GRANTHABALI. Written in my mother tongue Odia it is a self Collection of memories of Pandit Nilakantha Das, a freedom fighter, social…
Budget 2017 : National recognition to 200 years old Paika Rebellion cheers Odisha
Finance minister Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech, announced to commemorate the Paika Rebellion, an armed uprising against the British East India company in Khurda area of Odisha in 1817 bringing cheers among people across the state. “Two-hundred years ago…
Bhubaneswar all set to get 29 feet high Martyrs memorial pillar with names like Jayi Rajguru, Buxi Jagabandhu etc
Odisha will soon get a 29 feet high martyrs memorial pillar at the Freedom Fighters gonad in the state capital here. The announcement in this regard was made by Cuttack MP Bhartuhari Mahatab, who is also president of the All India…
Remembering Utkala Keshari Dr Harekrushna Mahatab : former CM of Odisha, some titbits on him
Harekrushna Mahatab was born in a small family in Agarpada of Balasore District on November 21, 1899. He was the son of Krushna Chandra Das and Tohapha Bibi. Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab fondly known as the ‘Lion of Orissa’, ‘Utkala Keshari’,…
Awesome to see a Road in Mulund Mumbai Named after UtkalaMani Gopabandhu Das
Few days back (december 25) on the occasion of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Bajpayee’s 92nd birthday and good governance day celebration, a road at Mehul Cinema Circle, Mulund (West) was named after Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das of Odisha by BJP Mumbai…