Kalingara Baraputra Odia Book By Kalindi Behera
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Bijayananda Pattnaik was an Indian politician, aviator and businessman. As politician, he served twice as the Chief Minister of the State of Odisha.
Biju Patnaik met with Jawaharlal Nehru during his participation in Indonesian freedom struggle and became one of his trusted friends. Nehru viewed the freedom struggle of the Indonesian people as parallel to that of India, and viewed Indonesia as a potential ally. When the Dutch attempted to quell Indonesian independence on 21 July 1947, President Sukarno ordered Sjahrir, the former prime minister of Indonesia, to leave the country to attend the first Inter-Asia Conference, organised by Nehru, in July 1947 and to foment international public opinion against the DutchSjahrir was unable to leave as the Dutch controlled the Indonesian sea and air routes.
