Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid his humble tributes to revolutionary freedom fighter Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary today.
The Odisha CM remembered the revolutionary leader’s contribution towards country’s freedom movement.
Birsa Munda’s sacrifice for the protection of the rights of the tribals and the country’s freedom movement will always be remembered, the CM tweeted.
ବୀର ସ୍ଵାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମୀ ତଥା ଆଦିବାସୀ ଜନନାୟକ ଶହୀଦ ବିର୍ସା ମୁଣ୍ଡାଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ମୋର ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି। ଭାରତର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମ ଇତିହାସରେ ତାଙ୍କ ବିରତ୍ୱ ଓ ପରାକ୍ରମ ଏକ ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ର ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ। ଆଦିବାସୀମାନଙ୍କ ସ୍ୱାର୍ଥ ଓ ଅଧିକାରର ସୁରକ୍ଷା ପାଇଁ ତାଙ୍କ ସଂଗ୍ରାମ ସର୍ବଦା ପ୍ରେରଣାର ଉତ୍ସ ହୋଇ ରହିଛି। pic.twitter.com/pknYTM28QB
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) November 15, 2021
Birsa Munda, the tribal revolutionary of the British era, was born on November 15, 1875. Hailing from Munda tribe, Birsa was a 19th-century folk hero who is known for his Millenarian movement to protest against forceful land grabbing by the British government.