Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal unveiled a statue of freedom fighter late Yudhisthir Mishra in the Balangir Law College campus here on Monday.
Addressing the gathering, Prof Lal lauded the contribution of Yudhisthir Mishra in the freedom struggle and in other areas of activity.
Yudhisthir Mishra was also an educationist. In the late 1930s, he had presided over a students’ meeting in the East Hostel of Ravenshaw College, where the Indian flag was hoisted, for which he was given bad conduct certificate.
He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly and a Provisional Member of Parliament from Balangir till 1952. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of Sambalpur University.
“I am happy that the Governor of Odisha has inaugurated his statue in Balangir,” says Balangir MLA and Yudhisthir Mishra’s son Narasingha Mishra speaking to the media.