CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
Odisha Foundation Day – Observed on Apr 01
- Odisha Day, also Utkala Dibasa, is celebrated on 1 April in the Indian state of Odisha in memory of the formation of the state as a separate state out of Bihar and Orissa Province with addition of Koraput and Ganjam from the Madras Presidency on 1 April 1936.
- In 2021, Odisha is celebrating its 86th statehood day.
- Odisha Day is also called Orissa Foundation Day and Vishuva Milan.
- On 1 April 1912, the Bihar and Orissa Province were formed.
- On 1 April 1936, Bihar and Orissa were split into separate provinces.
- The new province of Orissa came into existence on a linguistic basis during the British rule in India, with Sir John Austen Hubback as the first governor.
- Under the British rule, Odisha was part of the Bengal presidency, which consisted of the present-day Bihar, West Bengal, and Odisha.
