Baji Rout

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Baji Rout
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This Portrait of Hutatma Baji Rout created by AIDSO, Odisha state council on the eve of all odisha students conference held at Angul in the year 2002.
Portrait of Shaheed Baji Rout
Born(1926-10-05)5 October 1926
Nilakanthapur, Dhenkanal, Odisha
Died11 October 1938(1938-10-11) (aged 12)
Nilakanthapur, Dhenkanal
NationalityIndian
Other namesBajia
Known forYoungest Freedom Fighter
Youngest Martyr of India
Baji Rout Junction

Baji Rout (5 October 1926 – 11 October 1938) was the youngest Indian Sanatani freedom fighter and martyr, having been killed at the age of twelve. He was born on 5 October 1926.[1] Rout, who was a boat boy, was shot by British police when he refused to ferry them across the Brahmani River on the night of 11 October 1938 at Nilakanthapur Ghat, Bhuban, Dhenkanal district.[2]

Baji Rout was the youngest son of a boatman on the Brahmani river.[3] As an active member of the Banar Sena of Prajamandal (Party of People),[4] he had volunteered to keep watch by the river at night. The British Police force ordered him to cross the river by his boat which he denied. The police force then fired upon Baji Rout along with Laxman Malik, Fagu Sahoo, Hrushi Pradhan and Nata Malik.[5]

Bibliography[]

Sachidananda Routray, Jnanpith Award winning poet has written a poem Baji Rout. The poem starts like this:

" ନୁହେଁ ବନ୍ଧୁ, ନୁହେଁ ଏହା ଚିତା , ଏ ଦେଶ ତିମିର ତଳେ ଏ ଅଲିଭା ମୁକତି ସଳିତା। "

Which in English means:

"It is not a pair, O Friends! When the country is in dark despair, it is the light of our liberty. It is our freedom-fire."

Films[]

  • 'Baji Rout: India's Youngest Freedom Fighter', a docu drama which portrays Rout's entire life journey as a freedom fighter and ultimately his encounter with the British. This Hindi short film on Baji Rout titled : "Baji Rout:India's youngest freedom fighter", was made by a group of students, directed by Riyyan Farooq and Diksha Nayak, produced by Candid Cinema. 15 September 2018. [1][6]
  • Veer Baji Rout... the unsung story, Hindi Feature Film, Production:- Yug Rishi Production & Pahal Entertainment, Produce by:- Abhishek Pahal & Sidharth, Written & Directed by:- Abhishek Pahal

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Baji Rout; The Youngest Freedom Fighter of Dhenkal district, Odisha". eOdisha. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ^ Mr, Reginald Massey (3 January 2014). Shaheed Bhagat Singh and the Forgotten Indian Martyrs. Abhinav Publications. pp. 192–. GGKEY:HCZLGL7521K.
  4. ^ Bhagaban Sahu, State Level Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Smruti Samsad. Cultural Heritage of [Orissa]: Dhenkanal. State Level Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Smruti Samsad.
  5. ^ "List of some Freedom Fighters". Dhenkanal Administration. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Ravenshaw University students make film on Baji Rout". Odisha Television Ltd. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2020.


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