Bhubaneswar, Oct 5: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan paid tribute to youngest freedom fighter Baji Rout on his birth anniversary.

Pradhan garlanded the Baji Rout statue located at Unit-8 in Bhubaneswar.

''After the Sahibzadas, if someone gave his life for the country at an early age, it was Baji Rout... He was just 12 when he sacrificed his life", said Pradhan.

ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ସୁପୁତ୍ର, ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମୀ ତଥା ଦେଶର ସର୍ବକନିଷ୍ଠ ଶହୀଦ ବାଜି ରାଉତଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀ ଅବସରରେ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର ସ୍ଥିତ ତାଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତିମୂର୍ତ୍ତିରେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି ଅର୍ପଣ କଲି । ବାଜି ରାଉତର ଆମ ସମାଜ ଓ ସଭ୍ୟତାର ତ୍ୟାଗ ଏବଂ ସଂଘର୍ଷର ପ୍ରତୀକ । ତାଙ୍କର ବଳିଦାନ ଆମ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ପାଥେୟ ହେଉ । ଏହି ବୀର ସନ୍ତାନ ଆମର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଜାତି… pic.twitter.com/8LwvKECmT6
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) October 5, 2024

Baji Rout, India's youngest freedom fighter and martyr, was born in Dhenkanal, Odisha. At just 12 years old, he was fatally shot by British police on October 11, 1938, for refusing to ferry them across the Brahmani River.

Union Minister Pradhan also participated in the 'Swachhata Hi Seva' programme at Mangalabasti along with planting trees at Chandrasekharpur Buddha Park.

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