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Mahatma Gandhi’s Odisha Visit: Man In Loincloth Travelled To These 7 Dists From 1921-46

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Bhubaneswar: A procession began from Cuttack railway station at 7.30 am on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th year of Mahatma Gandhi’s first visit to Odisha.

After embarking from the train at Cuttack, Gandhi was escorted to the riverbed of Kathajodi in a huge procession on March 23, 1921.

The procession in the present-day will pass through College Square, Mata Matha, Dargha Bazaar, Choudhury Bazaar and end near Trishulia bridge.

On this day, let us tread through the seven places in Odisha that Gandhi visited between 1921 and 1946.

Cuttack

Gandhi and his wife Kasturba visited Odisha in 1921. They went to Cuttack on March 23, 1921, where Gandhi spoke on Hindu-Muslim unity. He also addressed a meeting of women at Binod Bihari in the city and a public meeting at the Kathajodi riverbed.

The women who had gathered to listen to him donated huge amounts of gold ornaments for the freedom struggle.

On his second visit to Odisha in 1925, Gandhi went to Cuttack again and visited the Utkal tannery.

Bhadrak

During the same visit in 1921, Gandhi went to Bhadrak to address a public meeting. He spent a day propagating Congress views there. He also held a public meeting at Gandhi Padia on the banks of the Salandi River.

In 1927, he visited the flood-ravaged area of Basudevpur tehsil of Bhadrak district to see for himself the plight of the people there.

Puri

Gandhiji visited Puri in 1921.

In 1934, he unveiled a statue of the late Pandit Gopabandhu Das in Puri before undertaking a padayatra to spread the message that “human vanity lies at the root of untouchability.” The march began from Puri and touched Harekrushnapur, Chandanpur, Sakshigopal, Kadua Ashram, Danda Mukundapur, Pipili, Balakati, Satyabhamapur, Balianta, Telengapenth, Kajipatna on way to Cuttack.

In 1938, he attended the fourth annual conference of Gandhi Seva Sangha and an agro and village enterprise exhibition at Beraboi in Delanga area of Puri district. Iron Man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had accompanied him on this visit.

Berhampur

On March 29, 1921, accompanied by Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das, Gandhi reached Berhampur and addressed a huge gathering at the Barracks Ground, which is now Berhampur Stadium.

Balasore

On his third visit to Odisha in 1927, Gandhi visited Balasore to meet flood victims at Basudevpur tehsil in Bhadrak district.

Jharsuguda

On December 22, 1928, Gandhi reached Jharsuguda to address a public meeting. He had halted here on his way to attend the AICC session in erstwhile Calcutta.

Sambalpur

During the same visit in 1928, he addressed a public meeting on the bank of the Mahanadi and listened to stories and reports about Sambalpur’s woes.

 

OB Bureau

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