Bhubaneswar: The Capital City of Odisha, Bhubaneswar, is celebrating its 74th foundation day today (April 13). On this occasion, students of various schools and colleges in the city took part in a civilian parade near the State Assembly.
Further, a cultural competition is scheduled to be held in the afternoon at Utkal Mandap in front of Indira Gandhi Park.
Extending his wishes, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik stated that transformation in culture, education, healthcare, and sports have made Bhubaneswar a major smart city in the country.
ରାଜଧାନୀ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା ଦିବସରେ ହାର୍ଦ୍ଦିକ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା। ସଂସ୍କୃତି, ଶିକ୍ଷା, ସ୍ବାସ୍ଥ୍ୟସେବାଠାରୁ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ା କ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ରୂପାନ୍ତରଣ ଏକାମ୍ର କ୍ଷେତ୍ର ଭୁବନେଶ୍ବରକୁ ଦେଶର ପ୍ରମୁଖ ସ୍ମାର୍ଟସିଟିରେ ପରିଣତ କରିଛି। ଆସନ୍ତୁ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରକୁ ବିକାଶର ନୂଆ ଶିଖରରେ ପହଞ୍ଚାଇବାକୁ ସମସ୍ତେ ଏକ ହୋଇ କାମ କରିବା।#BhubaneswarFoundationDay pic.twitter.com/9hkDPzXt7K
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) April 13, 2022
Bhubaneswar, which is also known as the Temple City, is a confluence of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain heritage and includes several Kalingan temples. With Puri and Konark it forms the ‘Swarna Tribhuja’ (Golden Triangle), one of eastern India’s most visited destinations.
It is one of modern India’s first planned cities, designed by German architect Otto Konigsberger in 1946 and the foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, in 1948. Bhubaneswar replaced Cuttack as the capital on 19 August 1949, 2 years after India gained its independence from the Britishers.
The capital of the British-ruled Orissa Province was Cuttack, which was vulnerable to floods and suffered from space constraints. Because of this, on 30 September 1946, a proposal to move the capital to a new capital was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the Odisha Province. After the independence of India, the foundation of the new capital was laid by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 April 1948.
