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<div>{{short description|Indian victim of British police violence (1926-1938)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name =Baji Rout<br />
| image = Baji rout.jpg<br />
| alt = This Portrait of Hutatma Baji Rout created by AIDSO, Odisha state council on the eve of all odisha students conference held at Angul in the year 2002.<br />
| caption = Portrait of Shaheed Baji Rout<br />
| native_name = ବାଜି ରାଉତ<br />
| native_name_lang = or<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|10|05|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Nilakanthapur, [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]], Odisha<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1938|10|11|1926|10|05}}<br />
| death_place = Nilakanthapur, Dhenkanal<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| other_names = Bajia<br />
| occupation = <br />
| known_for = Youngest Freedom Fighter<br>Youngest Martyr of India<br />
| parents = <br />
}}<br />
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[[File:Baji Rout Junction - Dangapala - Dhenkanal 2018-01-25 9804.JPG|thumb|272x272px|Baji Rout Junction]]<br />
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'''Baji Rout''' (5 October 1926 {{endash}} 11 October 1938) was the youngest Indian [[Sanātanī|Sanatani]] freedom fighter and martyr, having been killed at the age of twelve. He was born on 5 October 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.odisha.gov.in/content/eminent-personalities |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102092854/https://www.odisha.gov.in/content/eminent-personalities |archive-date=2 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rout, who was a boat boy, was shot by British police when he refused to ferry them across the [[Brahmani River]] on the night of 11 October 1938 at Nilakanthapur Ghat, [[Bhuban]], [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]] district.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baji Rout; The Youngest Freedom Fighter of Dhenkal district, Odisha|url=http://eodisha.org/baji-rout/|publisher=eOdisha|accessdate=15 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322044223/http://eodisha.org/baji-rout/|archive-date=22 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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Baji Rout was the youngest son of a boatman on the Brahmani river.<ref name="Massey2014">{{cite book|author=Mr, Reginald Massey|title=Shaheed Bhagat Singh and the Forgotten Indian Martyrs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p354AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA192|date=3 January 2014|publisher=Abhinav Publications|pages=192–|id=GGKEY:HCZLGL7521K}}</ref> As an active member of the Banar Sena of Prajamandal (Party of People),<ref name="MohantyPatnaik">{{cite book|author1=Bhagaban Sahu, State Level Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Smruti Samsad|title=Cultural Heritage of &#91;Orissa&#93;: Dhenkanal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cENQAQAAIAAJ|publisher=State Level Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Smruti Samsad}}</ref> he had volunteered to keep watch by the river at night. The British Police force ordered him to cross the river by his boat which he denied. The police force then fired upon Baji Rout along with Laxman Malik, Fagu Sahoo, Hrushi Pradhan and Nata Malik.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of some Freedom Fighters|url=http://dhenkanal.nic.in/freedom.htm|publisher=Dhenkanal Administration|accessdate=15 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813024353/http://dhenkanal.nic.in/freedom.htm|archive-date=13 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
[[Sachidananda Routray]], [[Jnanpith Award]] winning poet has written a poem ''Baji Rout''. The poem starts like this:<br />
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" ନୁହେଁ ବନ୍ଧୁ, ନୁହେଁ ଏହା ଚିତା ,<br />
ଏ ଦେଶ ତିମିର ତଳେ <br />
ଏ ଅଲିଭା ମୁକତି ସଳିତା। "<br />
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Which in English means:<br />
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"It is not a pair, O Friends! When the country is in dark despair, it is the light of our liberty. It is our freedom-fire."<br />
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== Films ==<br />
* 'Baji Rout: India's Youngest Freedom Fighter', a docu drama which portrays Rout's entire life journey as a freedom fighter and ultimately his encounter with the [[United Kingdom|British]]. This Hindi short film on Baji Rout titled : "Baji Rout:India's youngest freedom fighter", was made by a group of students, directed by Riyyan Farooq and Diksha Nayak, produced by Candid Cinema. 15 September 2018. [https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/sep/15/film-on-baji-rout-by-ravenshaw-students-1872188.html]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ravenshaw University students make film on Baji Rout|url=https://odishatv.in/odisha/ravenshaw-university-students-make-film-on-baji-rout-324554|date=2018-09-30|website=Odisha Television Ltd.|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref><br />
*Veer Baji Rout... the unsung story, Hindi Feature Film, Production:- Yug Rishi Production & Pahal Entertainment, Produce by:- Abhishek Pahal & Sidharth, Written & Directed by:- Abhishek Pahal<br />
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