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VEER SURENDRA SAI    

23rd November, 2021 Modern history

 

 

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Context

  • Udan Utsav celebrated at Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda, Odisha.

 

About

  • Surendra Sai (23 January 1809 – 28 February 1884) was an Indian freedom fighter who sacrificed his life fighting against the British East India Company.
  • Surendra Sai and his associates resisted the British and successfully protected most parts of Western Odisha region for some time from the British rule.
  • Most of them died unnoticed fighting for freedom from the British.

 

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