Banchanidhi Mohanty :: A Nationalist Poet of Odisha

Shri Banchanidhi Mohanty was also a nationalist poet of Odisha. He took birth in Eram near Basudebpur of Bhadrak district on 20th April 1897.Shri Banchanidhi Mohanty was popularly known in Odisha as Jatiya Kabi(The National poet).True to the Gandhian spirit he was also directly involved in the Indian Freedom Movement and took part in the Salt Agitation and was sent to jail by the Britishers. He left this mortal world on 19th April 1938 for heavenly abode.