Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Majhi on Sunday paid tributes to the youngest martyr in the history of the freedom movement of India, Baji Rout. on his birth centenary.

“ On the occasion of the centennial birth anniversary of Shaheed Baji Rout, who created history by sacrificing his life for the country at the age of just 12, heartfelt tributes,” Majhi posted on X. ADVERTISEMENT

Baji Rout was born on October 5, 1926, at Nilakanthapur village in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district and was killed by the British police for refusing to ferry them across the Brahmani river on the night of October 11, 1938, at Nilakanthapur Ghat of Bhuban.

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He had lost his father at a very early age. His mother was surviving on the wages earned by rice-husking in th

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