Naveen Pays Tributes to Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das on Birth Anniversary

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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid his humble tributes to great freedom fighter Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das on his birth anniversary today.

“My humble tributes to great freedom fighter and one of the Panchasakhas (five comrades) Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das on his birth anniversary”, the CM tweeted.

Gopabandhu Das will always be remembered for his selfless service and contribution for the enrichment of Odia language and literature, and building an educated society, Naveen wrote.

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).

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