WRITE AN ESSAY ON CONTRIBUTION OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF ODISHA TO INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE TRIBAL FREEDOM FIGHTER..
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Bhubaneswar: India got freedom on August 15, 1947, ending an almost 200-year British rule. As we celebrate the 75th Independence Day on Saturday, let’s remember ten freedom fighters of Odisha, who contributed to the struggle to free the country from the tyrannical British rulers.
Jayee Rajaguru
British occupied Odisha in 1803 and a year later, the first rebellion against the alien authorities was witnessed in Khurda during the tenure of minor king Mukunda Deva II. Jayee Rajaguru, the indomitable minister of the Raja, was hanged in 1805 for abetting the rebellion and became the first martyr of Odisha.
Buxi Jagabandhu
In 1817, some 400 Kondhs descended from the Ghumusar area to rise in revolt against the British. Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar Mohapatra Bharamarbar Rai or Buxi Jagabandhu, the military commander of Mukund Dev II, led an army of Paikas to join the uprising of the Kondhs. The Paikas set fire to government buildings in Banapur, killed policemen and looted the treasury and the British salt agent’s ship docked on the Chilika. They then proceeded to Khurda and killed several British officials.
The rebellion soon spread to Pipili, Harispur, Kujang and Pattamundai. The British employed vigorous military measures (proclamation of Martial Law) to suppress this rebellion. Bakshi Jagabandhu escaped to the jungles and stayed out of reach of the British until 1825 when he finally surrendered under negotiated terms. He breathed his last on January 24, 1829, at Cuttack.
Chakhi Khuntia
When the blazing flames of Sepoy Mutiny engulfed the whole country in 1857 among the valiant leaders was Chakhi Khuntia or Chandan Hajuri. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had described Khuntia saying, “A ‘panda’ at Puri, Chakhi Khuntia was drawn towards freeing India from colonialism. He worked closely with the army of Rani Laxmibai”.
He played a crucial role in the fight of Rani Laxmibai against the British.
He was born while his father was dressing the Lord with sandal paste or chandan. That is how he was named “Chandan Hajuri” but he is better known as Chakhi Khuntia.
Chakhi was the Panda of Meropanth, the father of Manubai who later became Laxmibai after her marriage to Gangadhar Rao, the King of Jhansi. The valiant queen rose against the British when they prohibited her from adopting a son to inherit the throne of Jhansi after the death of her husband, and sought the assistance of Chakhi Khuntia at this juncture. He played a very crucial role by fomenting resentment among the Indian “Sepoys” and organised a mutiny, which subsequently took a violent shape.
He spent his last days in Puri, devoting himself to literary pursuits and religious rites relating to Lord Jagannath. He composed a lot of poems, most of which are devotional songs. Some of his songs express his great displeasure and deep indignation at the inhuman and suppressive measures of the British Government. Many of his writings are still unknown and might have been lost or damaged.
Veer Surendra Sai
Veer Surendra Sai was born in 1809, in the small town Khinda about 21 miles from Sambalpur. Surendra Sai was a direct descendant from Madhukar Sai and therefore was legally entitled to be crowned as king of Sambalpur after the demise of king Maharaja Sai in 1827.
But he was not acceptable to the British power. Surendra Sai was a born rebel and an uncompromising enemy of the British Raj from a young age.
His revolution against the British commenced from 1827 when he was only 18 years and continued till 1862 when he surrendered and even after that until he was finally arrested in 1864- a period of 37 years.
He suffered imprisonment in Hazaribagh Jail for 17 years in course of his revolutionary career and after his final arrest for another term of 20 years including his detention of 19 years in the remote Asirgarh hill fort till he breathed his last there.