The Central University Odisha (CUO) organised the second Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das Memorial lecture in Social Sciences on ‘Netaji’s Vision of National Unity’ here on Sunday.
Delivering the lecture, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandson and Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University, USA Prof Sugata Bose reminded of the bond shared by the Netaji with Odisha and its people.
Narrating the close personal relationship between the Netaji and the Utkalmani, he disclosed some portions of the letters written by the Netaji to the Utkalmani when the Netaji was in the Mandale jail in 1926. He also highlighted the Netaji’s vision of national unity, communal harmony and national integration.
State Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra said the great sons of India like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had shaped the nation.
“All leaders had their unique ideas and every leader had his single intention in mind, i.e., achieving freedom for the country. The greatnesses of the leaders lay in their characters in putting a centrifugal force to a diversified nation to make it a unified nation,” said Mohapatra.
Among others, CUO VC Prof Surabhi Banerjee, Professor of Anthropology of Utkal University KK Basa and former History professor Atul Chandra Swain also spoke on the occasion.