June 9 was notified as the National Daughters’ Day of India (Nandini Diwas) in the year 2007 by the then Governor of Orissa Rameshwar Thakur and was appreciated by the then PM of India Dr Manmohan Singh. This was marked on the birth date of legendary Nandini Satpathy as mark of respect for her.
Rich tributes were paid to a hero of freedom struggle of India, former Rajya Sabha member, former I and B Minister of India, for Minister attached to PM of India, former CM of Odisha and prominent literary figure late Nandini Satpathy on Thursday. Tributes were paid at several locations across India as well as abroad. CM Naveen Patnaik took to social media along with several others to pay homage.
On the occasion Chairman of Smt. Nandini Satpathy Memorial Trust (SNSMT) Suparno Satpathy expressed his gratitude. In a social media post he said, “Every daughter is precious. Greetings on 9 June National Daughters Day (Nandini Diwas)."
At several locations several noted persons like Ministers, MPs, MLAs, Mayors, media house editors, business leaders, academicians, social leaders and many others marked the 16th National Daughters’ Day of India and paid their homage to legendary Satpathy.