73th Republic Day was   celebrated   in Jajpur

BY AKSHYA ROUT

JAJPUR, JAN 27 :  73th Republic Day   was celebrated   on Thursday at Panikoili in Jajpur district adhering to the Covid-19 protocols.Writer Engneeir Taraprasad Mishra .,unfurled the National Flag and took salute from  police, Addressing on the occasion Mishra Said narrated the importance of celebrations of Republic Day nationwide and informed about the progress and achievements of  the state. 

 The Adm  while recalling  the freedom struggle in the district  said four martyrs  , Sanada Swain , Hadibandhu Panda of Krushnanagar village , Sauti Mallick of Srirampur  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 . on the occasion Engneeir Arun Pattanaiak and Others Present.