Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid his humble tributes to Pandit Nilamani Vidyaratna on his birth anniversary today.
Explaining Nilamani Vidyaratna, one of pioneers for the formation of separate state of Odisha, the Chief Minister remembered his contribution to the field of Odia language and literature, and social reformation.
ସ୍ବତନ୍ତ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଶା ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଗଠନର ଅନ୍ୟତମ ପୁରୋଧା, ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକ ପଣ୍ଡିତ ନୀଳମଣି ବିଦ୍ୟାରତ୍ନଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି। ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା, ସାହିତ୍ୟକୁ ସମୃଦ୍ଧ କରୁଥିବା କାଳଜୟୀ ସୃଷ୍ଟି ଓ ସମାଜ ସଂସ୍କାର ଦିଗରେ ତାଙ୍କ ଅବଦାନ ପାଇଁ ସେ ସର୍ବଦା ସ୍ମରଣୀୟ। pic.twitter.com/pXPA17Idvd
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) December 14, 2020
Pandit Nilamani Vidyaratna was a social reformer, freedom fighter and influential journalist. He had laid the foundation for the struggle of the formation of Odisha and dreamt for Odia language.
Born on 14 December 1867 in village Brajabeharipur near Banki in Cuttack district, Vidyaratna made immense contribution to the field of literature and journalism.
He took over as the editor of the literary magazine, Sambalpur Hitaishini in 1887. He was also the editor of the prestigious Odia weekly, Utkala Dipika.
He breathed his last on 26 July 1923.