Katak : His Balidan (supreme sacrifice) was the first for Netaji’s Azad Hind Govt. On 21 Oct 1943 Azad Hind Govt. was announced and on 23 Oct 1943 the deadbody of India’s freedom struggle martyr Revolutionary Shri. Bhagabati Charan Panigrahi was handed to his family at 9 Pithapur Cuttack by British India Police. Since he did not divulge any information on Netaji, he was tortured and murdered in custody by British India police.
SNSMT Chairman Shri. Suparno Satpathy , Cuttack Mayor Shri. Subhas Singh , Ex Minister Shri. Sashi Bhushan Behera and few other who’ who marked the 83rd Balidan Diwas of Shri. Bhagabati Charan Panigrahi at Sati Chaura , Cuttack
Speaking on the occasion Shri. Satpathy said “ Should India really wish to be a great country , it is imperative for us to read and correctly interpret his writings”.
The Communist Party of India ‘s Odisha headquarter is called Bhagabati Bhawan. In a separate event to mark his 83rd Balidan Diwas, the CPI Odisha ‘s mouth piece ‘ Nuaduniya’ held a meeting at Buddha Hall , Bhubaneswar.
