Why is it in the news?
Celebrated on 1st April
Category: History / Culture
Important Points:
● Marks formation of Odisha in 1936
● First linguistic state under British rule
● Ancient name: Kalinga
● Linked with Ashoka (Kalinga War 261 BC)
● Movement supported by Utkal Sammilani (1903)
● Leaders: Madhusudan Das, Gopabandhu Das etc.
● First Governor: Sir John Austin Hubback
● Renamed Odisha in 2011 (96th Constitutional Amendment)
● Movement was largely non-violent
● Cultural identity restoration