Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid his humble tributes to great freedom fighter Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das on his birth anniversary today.
ମହାନ ଦେଶଭକ୍ତ ଉତ୍କଳମଣି ପଣ୍ଡିତ ଗୋପବନ୍ଧୁ ଦାସଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ମୋର ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି। ସେ ଥିଲେ ତ୍ୟାଗ, ସେବା ଓ ସଂଗ୍ରାମର ପ୍ରତୀକ। ଏକ ଶିକ୍ଷିତ ସମାଜ ଗଠନ ପାଇଁ ତାଙ୍କର ପ୍ରତିବଦ୍ଧତା ଏବଂ ଜାତୀୟ ଚେତନାର ବିକାଶରେ ତାଙ୍କର ଅବଦାନ ତାଙ୍କୁ ସର୍ବଦା ସ୍ମରଣୀୟ କରିରଖିବ। pic.twitter.com/N43UpCBFdv
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) October 9, 2021
Gopabandhu Das was born on this day in 1877 in Swando village of Puri district. He was a social worker, reformer, political activist, journalist, poet and essayist. He is popularly known as Utkalamani (Jewel of Utkal or Odisha).