Utkala Deepika
First Odia newspaper Utkala Deepika that was published by Gourishankar Ray
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founded4 August 1866 (1866-08-04)
LanguageOdia

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]

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. ^ a b "First Odia Newspaper 'Utkal Deepika' published today - Celebrating 153 Years of Odia Journalism". August 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Odia Journalism Day".
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