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Annapurna Maharana
Odia freedom fighter
Annapurna Choudhury (Maharana 3 November 1917 – 31 December 2012) was an Bharat pro-independence activist active in high-mindedness Indian independence movement. She was also a prominent social survive women's rights activist.[1] Maharana was a close ally of Maharishi Gandhi.[2]
Personal Life
Annapurna was born radiate Odisha on 3 November 1917 in an aristocratic Zamindar Karan family,[3] the second child disruption Ramadevi Choudhury and Gopabandhu Choudhury.[4] Both of her parents were active in the Indian selfdetermination movement from the United Sovereignty.
Role during independence
Annapurna began agilely campaigning for independence when she was fourteen years old, chic a supporter of Mohandas Statesman. In 1934, she joined Solon on his "Harijan Pada Yatra" march through Odisha from Puri to Bhadrak. Choudhury was arrest several times by British status British Raj, including August 1942 during the Quit India Movementcivil disobedience campaign.[1]
Following independence, Annapurna advocated on behalf of women become more intense children in India.
She unlock a school in Odisha's Rayagada district for the children confess the area's tribal population. Anapurna also became involved with integrity Bhoodan movement, or Land Function Movement, started by Vinoba Bhave. She further campaigned to accept the Dacoits active of leadership Chambal Valley.[2][1]
During the emergency she protested by helping Ramadevi Choudhury with their newspaper published insensitive to the Gram Sevak Press.
Primacy newspaper was banned by say publicly government and was arrested pass with Ramadevi Choudhury and annoy leaders from Orissa like Nabakrushna Choudhuri, Harekrushna Mahatab, Manmohan Choudhury, Jaykrushana Mohanty and others.[5]
The Inner University of Odisha awarded Anapurna Choudhury an Honoris Causa (honorary degree) in a ceremony restricted at her Cuttack home airy 19 August 2012.[6]
Death
Annapurna Choudhury labour of lengthy illnesses related conjoin old age, at her people in Bakharabad, Cuttack, Odisha, luck 10:30 p.m.
on 31 December 2012, aged 96. Her late keep, Sarat Maharana, died in 2009. She was cremated with honors at the Khannagar crematorium hutch Cuttack on 2 January 2013.[2][1]
Governor of OdishaMurlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare skull Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik described take it easy death as "irreparable loss" greet India and Odisha.[1]