Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee

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Odisha Pradesh Congress
PresidentNiranjan Patnaik
ChairpersonNarasingha Mishra
HeadquartersCongress Bhawan, Unit-2, Bhubaneswar -751009, Odisha
Student wingNational Students' Union of India - Odisha
Youth wingOdisha Youth Congress
Women's wingOdisha Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
ECI StatusActive
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 21
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 10
Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly
9 / 147
Election symbol
Hand INC.svg

The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Odisha.

The head office of the organization is the Congress Bhawan, situated at Master Canteen circle in Bhubaneswar. Niranjan Patnaik was appointed president of the committee in 2018 and currently serves as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee(OPCC) President.[1][2][3][4]

History[]

Pre-Independence 1920-1947[]

Until 1920, there was no separate provincial committee for Odisha. Congress organisation in Odisha was under Bihar And Orissa Provincial Congress committee .[5] The Nagpur Session of the Indian National Congress, held in December 1920, which finally passed the Non Co-operation resolution was attended by a number of delegates from Orissa such as Pandit Gopabandhu Das, Bhagirathi Mahapatra, Jagabandhu Singh, Jadumani Mangaraj, Mukunda Prasad Das, Niranjan Patnaik and Harekrushna Mahatab. This session of the Congress decided to form the Provincial Congress Committees on linguistic basis. As a result a separate Provincial Congress Committee was formed for Orissa even though Orissa had not yet became a separate province. Soon after the Nagpur Congress session, the Utkal Union Conference was held at Chakradharpur under the Presidentship of Jagabandhu Singh. In this Conference Gopabandhu Das suggested a modification in the outlook of the Utkal Union Conference.[6]

This led to the formation Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee uniting representation of all Odia speaking tracts, consisting of British administered Madras Presidency, Central Province, Bengal Presidency and the pre 1936 Bihar and Orissa Province.[7] With its first President being Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das the formation of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) gave impetus to formation of Odisha state. This also gave boost to Congress activities in the Odia speaking areas.[8][9]

The Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee deputed the following twelve members to represent Orissa at the All India Congress Committe. They were Gopabandhu Das, Jagabandhu Singh, Nilakantha Das, Gopabandhu Choudhury, Niranjan Pattanaik, Harekrushna Mahatab, Bhagirathi Mahapatra, Dharanidhar Mishra Banaprastha, Nilakantha Das Choudhury, Atal Bihari Acharya, Brajamohan Panda and Jamini Kanta Biswas.

UPCC gave boost to formation of Orissa state. In 1931 UPCC adopted a resolution moved by Harekrushna Mahatab, that urged the Government of India to establish a separate Orissa state. It also established a committee to take the matter further and cooperate with the British administration without compromising Congress principles.[10]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Niranjan Patnaik appointed Odisha Congress president". The Hindu. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. ^ Mohapatra, Debabrata (19 April 2018). "Congress removes Prasad, appoints Niranjan Patnaik as new Odisha president". The Times of India. Bhubaneswar. TNN. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. ^ Patnaik, Sampad (20 April 2018). "Niranjan Patnaik appointed Odisha Congress President for second time". Bhubaneswar: The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. ^ Mohanty, Debabrata (19 April 2018). "Congress revamps Odisha unit, appoints Niranjan Patnaik as new chief". Bhubaneswar: Hindustan Times. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  5. ^ Mishra, C. (1986). Freedom Movement in Sambalpur, 1827-1947. B.R. Publishing Corporation. p. 192. ISBN 978-81-7018-357-0. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  6. ^ Review, Odisha. Participation of Odia leaders in the Indian National Congress. Government of Odisha. pp. 12–15.
  7. ^ Devi, B. (1992). Some Aspects of British Administration in Orissa, 1912-1936. Academic Foundation. pp. 193–194. ISBN 978-81-7188-072-0. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  8. ^ Acharya, P. (2008). National Movement and Politics in Orissa, 1920-1929. SAGE Series in Modern Indian History. SAGE Publications. p. 49. ISBN 978-81-321-0001-0. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  9. ^ Experts, Arihant (4 June 2019). Know Your State Odisha. Arihant Publications India limited. ISBN 978-93-131-9327-2.
  10. ^ Devi, B. (1992). Some Aspects of British Administration in Orissa, 1912-1936. Academic Foundation. p. 202. ISBN 978-81-7188-072-0. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

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