Freedom Fighter Debananda Gupta passed away on Saturday while undergoing treatment at the VIMSAR in Burla. He was 96. Gupta was unwell since three days. When his condition deteriorated, he was admitted to the Sambalpur District Headquarter Hospital on Saturday morning and then shifted to the VIMSAR.
Gupta had joined the ‘Quit India’ movement at the age of 16 in 1942. He was arrested by the British Government the same year. After being convicted by the Britishers, he underwent one-year rigorous imprisonment. He had been felicitated by the President of India twice during the Kranti Divas in New Delhi in 2018 and 2020.He was staying at Mura Kalami village under Tihura panchayat in Sambalpur district.