Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid his humble tributes to freedom fighter and social reformer Ramadevi Choudhury on her birth anniversary on Friday.
ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସ୍ବାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମୀ ରମାଦେବୀ ଚୌଧୁରୀଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ମୋର ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି। ଗାନ୍ଧିଜୀଙ୍କ ଆଦର୍ଶରେ ଅନୁପ୍ରାଣିତ ହୋଇ ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମକୁ ଓଡ଼ିଶାରେ ବ୍ୟାପକ କରିବାରେ ସେ ବଳିଷ୍ଠ ଭୂମିକା ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିଥିଲେ। ପଛୁଆ ବର୍ଗଙ୍କ ଉନ୍ନତି, ସମାଜ ସଂସ୍କାର ତଥା ଶିକ୍ଷା କ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ନିଜ ଅବଦାନ ପାଇଁ ସେ ସର୍ବଦା ସ୍ମରଣୀୟ। pic.twitter.com/FDn25ZYOCB
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) December 3, 2021
Ramadevi Choudhury was born in Odisha on December 3, 1899. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, she joined the Indian independence movement in 1921. She used to go from village to village to encourage women to join the independence movement.
She was called Maa (Mother) by the people of Odisha.