72th Republic Day was celebrated on Tuesday with much enthusiasm in Jajpur district.

BY AKSHYA ROUT

JAJPUR- 72th Republic Day was celebrated on Tuesday with much enthusiasm in Jajpur district. Ashok Chandra PandaScience & Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability. unfurled the National Flag and took salute from police, Addressing on the occasion, the minister narrated the importance of celebrations of Republic Day nationwide and informed about the progress and achievements of the state. The minister while recalling the freedom struggle in the district said four martyrs , Sanada Swain , Hadibandhu Panda of Krushnanagar village , Sauti Mallick of Srirampur and Mayadhar Bhuyan of Hatasahi laid down their lives while fighting the British police on 22nd, August 1942 on the
Rakha Bandhan day , in village Kalamatia during the “Quit India”movement called by Mahatma Gandhi. History of freedom movement in
Odisha will remain incomplete without the mention of the supreme
sacrifice of the martyrs of Kalamatia . Large number of villagers of these areas fought against the British rule during the freedom struggle. On the other hand many people had also succumbed to the
might of British administration ,but all the four martyrs and many
villagers chose to rebel against the British Raj. On 22nd, August ,1942 about 200 villages set afire the village post office at Kaipada and prevented the British police to enter the village to arrest the freedom fighters but the police managed to enter the village in six boats and opened fire and killed four persons and injured many near a pond at village Kalamatia. To remember the sacrifice of four martyrs in 1975, some villagers had erected a martyr tower (Sahid Stambha ) at the spot in Kalamati where all the four were shot dead by the
police .

“The state is determined to mitigate the poverty in the state for which the government started one , Madhusudan pension yojana, Kaliya Yojana.Mo Kudia, poverty alleviation programmes. Our government provided drinking water to the rural people. We also built good road in the villages BJD government came into power in 22 years back and the state progressed in all sectors. Despite many successes, the future development of the state rested mainly in rapid industrialization , said the Minister Ashok Kumar panda .Administrator on the occasion The district collector Chakrabati sing Rather , superintendent of police Rahul PR , ADM Akshya Kumar mallick, Adm Minor prasad mohanty and others were present in the meeting .