Captain[2] Laxmi Indira Panda was an Indian revolutionary[3][4] and one of the youngest members of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army.[5] Panda was the only Odia
woman to serve in the INA.[6]
Panda had joined Indian National Army (INA) in the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, when she was only 14 years old and fought against the British rule in India.[6]
The Government of Odisha announced to install a statue at Jeypore in memory of Panda after her death in October 2008.[7]
On October 25, 2008, she was conferred the Rashtriya Swantantra Sainik Samman, the highest title conferred on a freedom fighter in India.[1]
Death
Panda died on October 7, 2008, at the AIIMS Delhi after a prolonged illness.[8] She was cremated with full state honours and a guard of honour was also given on behalf the Orissa Police.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Forgotten and neglected too. The Times of India(January 22, 2011).
- ↑ Patnaik asks Odisha police to trace INA veteran Laxmi Indira Panda's grandson for felicitation(April 20, 2017).
- ↑ At last, Laxmi Panda is a 'freedom fighter'(September 28, 2008).
- ↑ Heroes In Search Of A Plaque(June 6, 2005).
- ↑ The last battle of Laxmi Panda Footsoldiers of freedom. The Hindu(August 15, 2007).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Laxmi Panda : The Forgotten Soldier of a Lost Army(August 2010).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Orissa govt announces a statue in memory of Laxmi Panda(October 7, 2008).
- ↑ Freedom fighter Laxmi Indira Panda dies(October 7, 2008).