Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik greeted people of Odisha on the occasion of Utkal Divas on Saturday.
ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଦିବସ ଅବସରରେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ଆନ୍ତରିକ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା ଓ ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ। ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଶା ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଗଠନର ବରେଣ୍ୟ ସାଧକମାନଙ୍କୁ ଏହି ଅବସରରେ ମୋର ସମ୍ମାନ ଜଣାଉଛି। ଆସନ୍ତୁ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜାତିର ଅସ୍ମିତା ଓ ସ୍ଵାଭିମାନକୁ ବଜାୟ ରଖି ଏକ ନୂଆ ଓଡ଼ିଶା, ଉଚ୍ଚାକାଂକ୍ଷୀ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଗଠନ ଦିଗରେ ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପବଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇ ଆଗକୁ ବଢିବା। #OdishaDibasa pic.twitter.com/bFEZpXdjwk
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) April 1, 2023
On April 1, 1936, Odisha became a separate province, after a long struggle of over three centuries. The formation of Orissa province under the British rule, separated from Bengal and Bihar, marked the beginning of a new journey for the state. Odisha Day, also known as Utkal Divas and Utkala Dibasa, is celebrated on April 1 every year in memory of all the struggle that went into gaining a separate political identity for the state that was once part of Kalinga ruled by emperor Ashok, and later by Kharavela, remembered as a conqueror and the champion of Jainism, before Mughals invaded and wrested it.
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