71th REPUBLIC DAY IN JAJPUR WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM
Akshya Rout,Odishabarta
Jajpur: Dibya Shankar Mishra, Minister of State (Ind.),Energy,Home;Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, unfurled the National Flag and took salute from police, students of colleges and schools.
Addressing on the occasion, the minister narrated the importance of celebrations of Republic Day nationwide and informed about the progress and achievements of the state.
The minister while recalling the freedom struggle in the district said four martyrs Sanada Swain , Hadibandhu Panda of Krushnanagar village , Sauti Mallick of rirampur and Mayadhar Bhuyan of Hatasahi laid down their lives while fighting the British police on 22nd, August 1942 on the Rakha Bandhan day , in village Kalamatia during the “Quit India” movement called by Mahatma Gandhi. History of freedom movement in Odisha will remain incomplete without the mention of the supreme sacrifice of the martyrs of Kalamatia.
Large number of
villagers of these areas fought against the British rule during the
freedom struggle. On the other hand many people had also succumbed to the might
of British administration, but all the four martyrs and many villagers
chose to rebel against the British Raj. On 22nd, August ,1942
about 200 villages set afire the village post office at Kaipada
and prevented the British police to enter
the village to arrest the freedom fighters but the police managed to enter the
village in six boats and opened fire and killed four persons and injured
many near a pond at village Kalamatia.
To remember the sacrifice of four martyrs
in 1975, some villagers had erected a martyr
tower (Sahid Stambha ) at the spot in Kalamati where all the four
were shot dead by the police .
“The state is determined to mitigate the poverty
in the state for which the government started one , Madhusudan pension yojana,
Kaliya Yojana.Mo Kudia, poverty alleviation programmes. Our government provided
drinking water to the rural people. We also built good road in the villages BJD
government came into power in 19 years back and the state progressed in all
sectors. Despite many successes, the future development of the state rested
mainly in rapid industrialization, said the minister.
Minister Mishra felicitated Dharmasala Tahasildar Saroj Kumar Panda as best administrator on the occasion.
The district collector Ranjan Kumar Das, superintendent of police Charan Singh Meena, and others were present in the meeting .
