The Thinkers’ Club here arranged its 95th webinar on January 24. The meeting was presided by the president of the Club, Barada Prasanna Das where as the topic was about the first war of independence, role of Baxi Jagabandhu and the city of Cuttack.
Baxi Jagabandhu was the Commander-in-Chief of the army of the King of Khordha. In the year 1817, he united the brave warriors of Odisha, popularly called “Paika” and fought with gallantry against the mighty invincible English administration.
Dr Narayan Rao, Dr Adayat kumar Patra, Shovan Kar, Pratap Rout, Nagen Beuria, Professor Rama Majhi, Bibhu Dutta Mohanty, Dr Pushpanjali Parida and Prakash Chandra Nayak were the panelists of the meet. They discussed elaborately the dedications and achievements of Baxi. They also offered their homage to the brave son of the soil.
President of the club Das in his concluding speech said, the bravery shown by Baxi is unparallel in the history of Odisha.
The meeting was attended by Lopa Mudra Mohanty, Pradeep Das, Pratap Rout, Dr Nanda Nandan Das, Umasankar Misra, Bijay Laxmi Pattanaik, Manoj Pattanaik among others. The members participated unanimously suggested to send a memorandum to the Prime Minister describing the plight of the Odias in border areas.