Baji Rout

Baji Rout (5 October 1926 – 11 October 1938) ( Odia:‌ ସହିଦ୍ ବାଜି ରାଉତ) was an Indian boy best known for his role in the Indian independence movement.

Quotes

• Sachidananda Routray has well paid a tribute to Baji Rout with these opening lines of his poem:
  It is not a pyre, O Friends!
  When the country is in dark despair,
  It is the light of our liberty.
  It is our freedom-fire."
  • Sachidananda Routray in Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.