The 74th Erasama Diwas was observed at Sangrami Bhawn Gandhi Pitha in Erasama block headquarters on Tuesday, commemorating famous Erasama police station burning incident of 1942.
Speakers attending the meeting recounted the incidents of Erasama revolution and police station burning event by the freedom fighters.
local freedom fighter and Erasama’s first MlA late Gouri Shayam Nayak had led the agitation on September 6, 1942. The freedom fighters had set ablaze the then British police station at Erasama. British people acted promptly and had arrested many agitators and sent them to the Cuttack jail.
After the country got independence, Nayak became the first MlA from Erasama and had established Sangrami Bhawan Gandhi Pitha at Erasama and a memorial pillar for the freedom fighters.
Hundreds of local people, political personalities, social activists and students gathered to observe the Erasam Diwas. Among others, social activist Prabodha Patnaik, ZP member Sarada Jena, Pradipta Biswal and Dipti Mayee Mohanty were present.
Social organisation Sankalpa also organised the Erasama Diwas separately. Ex MlAs Umesh Swain, lalatendu Mohapatra, BJP leader Raghunandan Das, Pratap Mishra, BMC corporater Pritinanda Routray and Chitaranjan Mohanty joined. Tri cycles, wheel chairs, sticks and hearing aids were distributed to the physically challenged and old people.