Bhubaneswar, Jan 23: Odisha today paid rich tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and eminent freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai on their birth anniversaries.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also paid tributes to both the eminent freedom fighters.
The founder of Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj), Netaji had taken the nation by storm with his blood-warming slogan, “Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom” made in Burma in 1944.
He had urged the people of India to join him in his fight against the British Raj and thousands responded to his call. Netaji was born in Cuttack, Odisha and spent his childhood there.
ଭାରତମାତାର ସୁଯୋଗ୍ୟ ସନ୍ତାନ ତଥା ମହାନ ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମୀ ନେତାଜୀ ସୁଭାଷ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ବୋଷଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ମୋର ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି ଜଣାଉଛି। ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ମାଟି ତାଙ୍କୁ ସେବା ଓ ସଂଗ୍ରାମର ମନ୍ତ୍ରରେ ଦୀକ୍ଷିତ କରିଥିଲା। ତାଙ୍କ ଦୃଢ ନେତୃତ୍ୱ, ଅତୁଳନୀୟ ଦେଶ ଭକ୍ତି ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ହୃଦୟରେ ଚିର ଅମର ହୋଇ ରହିଛି। #ParakramDiwas pic.twitter.com/Q8c0auyFPj
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) January 23, 2022
ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମୀ ବୀର ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସାଏଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ମୋର ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି ଜଣାଉଛି। ଆଦିବାସୀ ତଥା ସାଧାରଣ ଜନତାଙ୍କ ସ୍ଵାର୍ଥ ରକ୍ଷା ସହ ଦେଶର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ପାଇଁ ବ୍ରିଟିଶ ବିରୋଧୀ ସଶସ୍ତ୍ର ସଂଗ୍ରାମରେ ତାଙ୍କର ପରାକ୍ରମ ଏବଂ ବଳିଦାନ ସର୍ବଦା ପ୍ରେରଣାର ଉତ୍ସ ହୋଇ ରହିଛି। pic.twitter.com/95w4FTW9DX
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) January 23, 2022
Veer Surendra Sai had sacrificed his life fighting against the the British East India Company. He successfully protected most parts of Western Odisha region for some time from the British rule.
Surendra Sai spent the last part of his life in captivity. He died in the Asirgarh Fort on 23 May, 1884 at the age of 75.
