Tag: Baji Rout

Baji Rout's tale is not the heroics of a 12-year-old boy from Odisha but truly the embodiment of India's fight to unshackle the chains of colonization. 

Cuttack:  A group of students of Ravenshaw University have come up with ‘Baji Rout India’s  Youngest Freedom Fighter’, a short film on the courage and valour of Baji Rout, a martyr in the history of India’s freedom struggle. The British forces had gunned down Baji Rout, who was born in Dhenkanal district, after he had […]

Bhubaneswar: Virender Sehwag, one of the most explosive batsmen of modern day cricket, on Tuesday remembered Odisha’s freedom fighter Baji Rout on the occasion of Children’s Day. In a tweet, Sehwag paid tributes to Baji Rout, the youngest Martyr of India’s freedom struggle. “On this Children’s Day it’s time we know about Shaheed Baji Rout, […]

Sambalpur/ Dhenkanal: As part of BJP’s nationwide ‘Yaad Karo Kurbani’ campaign, two Union ministers on Wednesday visited Sambalpur and Dhenkanal districts to pay tributes to freedom fighters from the state. Union Tribal Affairs minister Jual Oram visited Khinda village in Sambalpur to pay his respects to freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai. To mark the occasion, […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of BJP’s ‘Yaad Karo Kurbani’ campaign, two Union ministers will visit Sambalpur and Dhenkanal districts to pay tributes to freedom fighters from the state. Union Tribal Affairs minister Jual Oram will visit Khinda village in Sambalpur to pay his respects to freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai. Consumer Affairs Chhotu Ram Chaudhary will […]

On October 10, 1938, a 12-year-old boy was shot dead by the British troops in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district making him the youngest martyr of India’s freedom struggle. However, when names fighting for the country’s independence are recalled, history has probably failed to give its due to Baji Rout who took bullets on his head for […]