By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Jindal Steel and Power Chairman and former 2 times Lok Sabha MP, Naveen Jindal have greeted the people of Odisha on occasion of Utkal Dibas on Saturday.
‘ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଦିବସ ଅବସରରେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ଆନ୍ତରିକ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା ଓ ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ। ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ର ଓଡ଼ିଶା ପ୍ରଦେଶ ଗଠନର ବରେଣ୍ୟ ସାଧକମାନଙ୍କୁ ଏହି ଅବସରରେ ମୋର ସମ୍ମାନ ଜଣାଉଛି। ଆସନ୍ତୁ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜାତିର ଅସ୍ମିତା ଓ ସ୍ଵାଭିମାନକୁ ବଜାୟ ରଖି ଏକ ନୂଆ ଓଡ଼ିଶା, ଉଚ୍ଚାକାଂକ୍ଷୀ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଗଠନ ଦିଗରେ ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପବଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇ ଆଗକୁ ବଢିବା। #OdishaDibasa,’ CM Patnaik said in a tweet.
‘Heartiest congratulations and greetings to the people of Odisha on the Statehood day #UtkalaDibasa . May Lord Jagannath bless the state with happiness and prosperity.ଜୟ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ Jai Jagannath 🙏#OdishaDibasa,’ JSP Chairman Naveen Jindal said in a tweet.
On April 1, 1936, Odisha became a separate province, after a long struggle of over three centuries. The formation of Orissa province under the British rule, separated from Bengal and Bihar, marked the beginning of a new journey for the state. Odisha Day, also known as Utkal Divas and Utkala Dibasa,