The 85th birth anniversary of former Chief Minister late Nandini Satpathy was celebrated as Nandini Diwas on Thursday by several organsiations at various
places across the State and outside including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Brahmapur, Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pondicherry, etc.
On the occasion, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled a statue of Satpathy installed near the Raj Bhavan here.
At a meeting organised by the Smt Nandini Satpathy Memorial Trust (SNSMT), its chairman Suparno Satpathy said, “Nandini Devi’s work for Odisha and for the country needs better documentation. Her huge contributions till date have remained understated. She was an institute by herself.”
Notably, the birthday of Nandini Satpathy was marked as the National Daughters Day and Nandini Diwas on June 9, 2007 by the then Odisha Governor late Rameshwar Thakur.