- The PM greeted the people of Odisha on Utkala Dibasa.
- Utkala Dibasa or Odisha Day is observed on 1 April every year to mark the formation of the state as a separate state out of Bihar and Orissa Province in 1936.
- At that time, Koraput and Ganjam were also added from the Madras Presidency.
- The leaders of the movement demanding a separate state for all the Odia-speaking regions were Madhusudan Das, Gopabandhu Das, Maharaja Sri Ram Chandra Bhanj Deo and others.
- This Day is also known as Vishuva Milan.
SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES,MINT