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Jitendra Pradhan, last of 32 freedom fighters from Bargarh’s Panimora village, dies at 102

BHUBANESWAR: Jitendra Pradhan, the only surviving freedom fighter from Panimora in Odisha’s Bargarh district, died on Friday afternoon, ending an era of heroic tales associated with the otherwise little known village.

Pradhan was 102.

He was last of the 32 freedom fighters from Panimora, the highest produced by any Odisha village, who were all jailed for taking part in the Quit India Movement in 1942.

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