Odisha Day

Odisha Day, also Utkala Dibasa, is celebrated on 1 April in the Indian state of Odisha in memory of the formation of the state as a separate state out of Bihar and Orissa Province with addition of undivided Koraput District and Ganjam District from the Madras Presidency on 1 April 1936.^[1]^[2] After losing its political identity completely in 1568 following the defeat and demise of the last king Mukunda Dev, efforts resulted in the formation of a politically separate state under British rule on a linguistic basis on 1 April 1936.^[3]

^ "Utkala Dibasa also called Odisha Day is celebrated on April 1st today". infocera.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012. The Odisha province was formed on the basis of linguistic pattern of people in the area on April 1, 1936
^ "Poor water management has made Odisha victim of drought and floods". The Hindu. 6 April 2009. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2006.
^ Orissareview. April 2008. pp. 17-19