By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union PNG-Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Jindal Steel and Power Limited Chairman and 2times former Lok Sabha MP, Naveen Jindal, on Monday paid rich tribute to India’s Youngest Martyr Baji Rout on Birth Day.
“ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ବୀର ସ୍ଵାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମୀ,ଦେଶର ସର୍ବକନିଷ୍ଠ ଶହୀଦ ବାଜି ରାଉତଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ମୋର ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି। ସ୍ବାଧୀନତା ପାଇଁ ମାତ୍ର ୧୨ ବର୍ଷ ବୟସରେ ପ୍ରାଣବଳୀ ଦେଇଥିବା ଏହି ଅମର ବୀରଙ୍କ ତ୍ୟାଗ ଓ ବୀରତ୍ଵ ସର୍ବଦା ସ୍ମରଣୀୟ ହୋଇ ରହିବ।,” Naveen Patnaik tweeted @Naveen_Odisha.
“ଭାରତର କନିଷ୍ଠତମ ଶହୀଦ ତଥା ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ବୀର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମୀ ଶହୀଦ ବାଜି ରାଉତଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀ ଅବସରରେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି ।,” Dharmendra Pradhan tweeed @dpradhanbjp
“Homage to India’s Youngest Martyr Baji Rout on his birth anniversary,” JSPL Chiarman Naveen Jindal tweeted @MPNaveenJindal.
Some more than 8 decades ago, On this day, the youngest martyr in the history of the freedom movement of India was killed by British army in Dhenkanal in Odisha.
But today, when everybody talks about the martyrs across the country in an atmosphere charged with hyper-nationalism, perhaps we have failed to give his due to Baji Rout, who lost his life to the bullet of a British soldier at the age of 12.The youngest martyr in the history of the freedom movement of India lay dead on the wee hours of 11 October 1938.
