Paikas of Khurda demands Central Govt. to set up a ‘Paika Academy’
Bhubaneswar, 21st July : In a special cabinet meeting on 18th July 2017 the State government has proposed for the Centre to declare ‘Paika Bidroha’ as the first War of Independence in the history of India. The meeting was held in presence of Culture minister Ashok Panda, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi and Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan on the occasion of the bi-centenary celebration of the rebellion against East India Company.
The state government has insisted that the 1817 Paika Bidroha should be regarded as the first war for Independence in the country as it took place 40 years before the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857. “The social framework of the rebellion was pluralistic and multidimensional. It was a widespread movement in which various sections of people took part. It cannot be called a war of resistance because it was a complete war of Independence against the British rule in Khurda,” said Minister Panda. Meanwhile, Paikas of Khurda proposed before the Centre to set up a ‘Paika Academy’ in State at the special function organised on 20th at New Delhi in the eve of the 200th anniversary of Khurda Paika Rebellion.
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