Odisha CM Pays Humble Tributes to Karmaveer Gourishankar Ray on Birth Anniversary
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid humble tributes to Karmaveer Gourishankar Ray on his birth anniversary today. Remembering the legend, the Chief Minister expressed that Ray made immense contribution towards formation of separate Odisha state and worked relentlessly for the protection and preservation of the Odia language. ସ୍ଵତନ୍ତ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଶା ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଗଠନର ଅନ୍ୟତମ ପୁରୋଧା କର୍ମବୀର [...]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid humble tributes to Karmaveer Gourishankar Ray on his birth anniversary today.
Remembering the legend, the Chief Minister expressed that Ray made immense contribution towards formation of separate Odisha state and worked relentlessly for the protection and preservation of the Odia language.
ସ୍ଵତନ୍ତ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଶା ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଗଠନର ଅନ୍ୟତମ ପୁରୋଧା କର୍ମବୀର ଗୌରୀଶଙ୍କର ରାୟଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି। ‘ଉତ୍କଳ ଦୀପିକା’ ସମ୍ବାଦପତ୍ର ଜରିଆରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ନବ ଜାଗରଣ ସୃଷ୍ଟି ସହ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା-ସାହିତ୍ୟର ସୁରକ୍ଷା ଦିଗରେ ନିଜ ଅବଦାନ ପାଇଁ ସେ ସର୍ବଦା ସ୍ମରଣୀୟ ରହିବେ। pic.twitter.com/NkZNNhzgLY
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) July 13, 2021
Born on July 13, 1838 in Cuttack, Ray was a prominent figure amongst the ‘Makers of Modern Orissa’ (Odisha) as well as the savior of Odia Language and Literature.
He was the father of the co-operative movements as well as printing & publishing crafts in Odisha. He founded the Cuttack Printing Company and Edited Utkal Deepika, the first Oriya newspaper to be printed as a weekly in 1866.
Utkal Deepika owed its birth to the upsurge of nationalism playing a significant role in sociopolitical life of Odisha.
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