Report by Kahnu Nanda; Jagatsinghpur: The district freedom fighters association in association with local civic body was observed August Kranti Diwas remembering 75th anniversary of the Quite India movement at Alaka Ashrama here on Wednesday. Senior freedom fighter Madhabananda Manohari chaired the meeting accompanied by his freedom fighter colleagues as Biswanath Das, Yogandra Moharana and Bhagirathi Swain and civic body members municipality chairman Biplaba Choudhury, lawyer Muralidhar Sahoo, Ravindra Mohanty, Nityananda Panda and social activist Gouranga Charana Hota. Reiterating Quit India movement freedom fighters revealed that Mahatama Gandhi call of Do or Die in 1942 had created serious impact, a new generation of youths and leaders had emerged to take the movement forward across the country , the then undivided Cuttack district had sponsored many new generation independence fighters. The Pre independence period had vision building country a corruption free, giving the poor their rights, to develop cottage industry, self-employment for youth ending malnutrition , eradicating illiteracy and women empowerment, ironically none of the aims have been fulfilled as desired, so we request both union and state governments to take possible measures fulfilling freedom fighters visions, they appealed. [Ends]
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