Published : Odisha Sun Times
/18-Jul-2017
Odisha government urged the Union government to declare the Paika Rebellion as the first war of Independence in Indian history, in the wake of the bi-centenary of the freedom struggle observed this year. Odisha Cabinet convened a meeting at the state secretariat headed by Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik which approved a proposal to recommend the Centre to declare Paika Rebellion as the first war of Independence in Indian history.