For the First time Papadahandi Martyrs day will be observed throughout district

Nabarangpur: Basant Rath, Journalist For the first time after 68 years of independence Martyrs day is being observed throughout the district on 24th August beside the Sahid Smruti Divas on the bank of river Toori at Papadahandi,  to commemorate the supreme sacrifices made by the freedom fighter of our district.  On the day Commerce and Transport minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, will be the chief guest while MPs,  MLAs, ZP President and other VVIPs will grace on the occasion.

 District Collector Md. Sadique Alam, requested all the heads of educational institutions to pay homage to the freedom fighters and Martyrs as a mark of respect for the sacrifice they have made at 9 AM on 24th August in their respective educational institutions. Similarly superintendent of police Brijesh Rai, instructed all the police stations of the district to pay homage to the freedom fighters and martyrs on the day. It will be the real honour to the martyrs who lost their lives during the freedom struggle.

Here it may note that on 24 August 1942, the indiscriminate firing on freedom fighters by the unruly British police, at the banks of Turi river near Papadahandi in which 19 people lost their lives, hundreds arrested and unknown number of people washed away in the flood waters of Turi river for the sake of freedom. The modern historians have truly compared this Papadahandi massacre with the Jallianwalabagh Massacre.

In the meanwhile members of Bhagirathi Patro Smruti Sansad  and Boolo Hota, member of Odisha sahitya acadami who organised seminar on the “Papadahandi Massacre” recently expressed their gratitude for the quick steps taken by the Collector and Supt of police in the district to commemorate the supreme sacrifices made by the freedom fighters of the district.