Biju Patnaik had not breathed his last at his residence in Bhubaneswar ‘Naveen Niwas’. During his last days, he had preferred to stay at home of former union minister and his confidante Dilip Ray, whom he loved like a son. Odisha government has been celebrating Panchayati Raj Day on March 5 every year to mark Biju Babu’s birth anniversary.

The Naveen Patnaik government, which has consistently been demanding Bharat Ratna for Biju, has already introduced a number of schemes in the name of Biju such as Biju KBK Yojana, Biju Gaon Gadi Yojana, Biju Setu Yojana, Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana and Biju Krushak Kalyan Yojana.

Biju Patnaik used a Dakota aircraft to rescue then Indonesian Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir in 1947 Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of people were seen today waiting along the National Highway connecting.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled the renovated Dakota DC-3 aircraft of former chief minister Biju Patnaik for public viewing at the Bhubaneswar airport Sunday. On Biju Patnaik’s 107th birth anniversary, Naveen Patnaik paid tribute to his father and described him as the architect of modern Odisha and a freedom fighter.

The Odisha government has launched as many as 11 welfare schemes named after Late Biju Patnaik, father Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, during the past decade-and-a-half. Usha Devi, State Planning.