#🛕💐ଉତ୍କଳ ଦିବସର ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା☸️ Odisha Foundation Day or Utkal Divas, is celebrated on April 1st every year. On April 1st 1936, the province of Orissa (now Odisha) was created, separating from Bihar and Bengal. The fight for a separate state was led by prominent figures including Utkala Gouraba Madhusudan Das, Utkala Mani Gopabandhu Das, and Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati. The state was officially renamed from Orissa to Odisha in 2011. "Bande Utkal Janani" "Proud to be Odia"