AFTER A LONG NINE DECADES, HISTORY REPEATED. 95 YEARS AFTER ODISHA GOVERNMENT DECLARED “BANDE UTKAL JANANI” AS STATE ANTHEM. NOT ONLY THIS, BUT ALSO THE ANTHEM WILL BE INCLUDED IN SCHOOL & COLLEGE CORRICULUM. PRIOR TO IT, ODISHA KNOWN AS “UTKAL” , A SEPARATE PROVINCE. TO GET STATE HOOD FOR ODIA LANGUAGE SPEAKING PEOPLE “UTKAL SAMMILANI” FOUGHT YEARS TOGATHER WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF EMINENT ODIA LAWER MADHUSUAN DAS, POPULARLY KNOWN AS MADHUBABU. EVEN TO ACCELERATE THE PROCESS KANTA KABI LAXMIKANTA MOHAPATRA WROTE “BANDE UTKAL JANANI” & PERSUADE ALL TO RECITE IN 1912. A LITTLE LESS THAN 100 YEAR PASSED NOW & AGAIN THE HISTORY HAS BEEN NEWLY WRITTEN. THOUGH, SINCE 1947 MANY PEOPLE RAISED DEMAND NEAR STATE GOVERNMENT IRRESPECTIVE OF PARTIES TO MAKE “BANDE UTKAL JANANI” STATE ANTHEM, IT WAS ALL FRUITLESS. EVEN WHICH WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR LEADER LIKE H.K MAHATAB, NABAKRISHNA CHOUDHURY, BISWANATH DAS, J.B PATTNAIK & BIJU PATTNAIK; THAT BECAME POSSIBLE BY NAVEEN WHO BELIVES TO DEAL ONLY WITH PROBLEMS OF ODISHA.