PINDIKI BAHUBALENDRA- Khordha Gada ra Bira putra!!

PINDIKI BAHUBALENDRA- Khordha Gada ra Bira putra!! The Great freedom fighter of Odisha (earlier orissa)

During 1817 the British attacked Khurda Dynasty and the Fort of Raja on the foot of Barunei hills was stomed and razed to the ground “Khordha” is the last freedom fort of India to come under the British rule. The British followed a new revenue system which infuriated the “Paikas” (the warriors) who enjoyed the land in lieu of their services were asked to pay rent and taxes at the same rate as cultivators. At the same time t

he British also introduced salt monopoly which give birth the Paika Bidroha , guerilla Paika fighters of Orissa fought and stopped British invasion further inside Orissa. Britishers planned a strategy to look for local informers who can inform them about the hide outs and strategies of native patriot Guerilla fighters. A local person named Charan Patnaik pinned Britishers about hide outs of freedom fighters of Orissa and thus britishers could storm the hideout and killed patriotic gladiators of Orissa Buxi Jagabandhu, Madhab Ch. Routray, Dal Behera, Krutibas Pattasani, Pindiki Bahubalendra. Thus the Paika Bidroh (Rebellion), the last hope for an independent Orissa was completely stamped out in September, 1818. because of this (italic lines) local people punished Charan Patnaik by burning him alive in the midnight at the place near to jatni (got from Rabi Mishra).

The failure of Paika Bidroh was due to betray by Charan Pattnaik, Mdhhu Pattnaik, Dhrubajaya Harichandan(betray Pindiki Bahubalendra), Ogal Singh, Bhagabar Jagadev Biraban. In return these informers turncoat traitors had got a land in reward back from Britishers. Till today this land property for which they are not paying tax is being recognized by people as Beiman Nimak Haram Jagiri.

Src :- The First Indian War of Independence: Freedom Movement in Orissa, 1804-1825 By P.k.pattanaik n nichalachakra.org

 

World wide Promoter of Odisha Sambalapuri Saree - Padmashree Krutartha Acharya

World wide Promoter of Odisha Sambalapuri Saree - Padmashree Krutartha Acharya

Padmashree krutartha acharya is the person who made the sambalpur sari a world famous. Born on 20th March 1900 in a brahmin family in Dabkatikra village of Bargarh district, Padmashree Krutartha Acharya pioneered in making the Sambalpuri design and fabric based on “Tie and Dye” method inside and outside the country. He established the Sambalpuri Bastralaya in 1930 and subsequently formed a Cooperative Societies of weavers of the district and the nearby districts.

Lines about Prof. Parsuram Mishra - The First odia to get a Ph.D degree in botany from Leeds University UK during the Second World War

Lines about Prof. Parsuram Mishra - 

1. The First odia to get a Ph.D degree in botany from Leeds University UK during the Second World War, 
2. The first Vice-Chancellor of Sambalpur University was Prof. Parsuram Mishra. First, the University Sambalpur University started functioning in 1967 in a rented private building at Dhanupali, Sambalpur; then in a government building at Ainthapali, Sambalpur. In 1973 the University was shifted to the present campus named Jyoti Vihar at Burla.
3. There is a college after him  "Dr Parshuram Mishra Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Sambalpur." 
4. He is a Padmashree recipient too .

(  (photo collected from http://sadharanapurusha-karunakar.blogspot.in/ and edited by Amaresh ) )