LAXMAN NAYAK (22 NOVEMBER, 1899 – 29 MARCH, 1943)

1. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs highlighted the contribution of freedom fighter Laxman Nayak.
2. Facts about Laxman Nayak:
3. Born: on 22 November 1899 in Tentuliguma village of Koraput district, Odisha.
4. He was a tribal leader of the Bhumiya community of Odisha.
5. He was famous as the Gandhi of Malkangiri region because he believed and followed the Gandhian principles of truth, non-violence and peaceful non-cooperation.
6. He joined the Congress and offered individual Satyagraha in 1940 and was arrested.
7. In 1942 he asked his fellow tribesmen to respond to Gandhi's 'do or die' call, to which they responded enthusiastically.
8. Laxman followed the Gandhian principles of truth, non-violence and peaceful non-cooperation throughout his life to oppose the cycle of oppression by the British.
9. Strengthened the principle of Swaraj by advocating the use of the charkha through door-to-door campaigns.
10. But on the eve of his death, he left a message for his fellow prisoners that if the moon and the sun are eternal truths in the sky, so too is Indian independence, which will soon come.
11. Laxman was hanged in Berhampur jail on 29 March 1943.

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