Utkala_Deepika

<i>Utkala Deepika</i>

Utkala Deepika

Odia printed newspaper

The Utkala Deepika was the first Odia printed newspaper.[1] The weekly paper was started on 4 August 1866 (1866-08-04) by Gourishankar Ray and Babu Bichitrananda Das. Therefore, 4 August is celebrated as Odia Journalism Day.[2]

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This weekly was instrumental in campaigning of bringing all Odia speaking tracts under a single province in India to develop the Odia language.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "First Odia Newspaper 'Utkal Deepika' published today - Celebrating 153 Years of Odia Journalism". August 4, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Odia Journalism Day".
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