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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Barendra Krushna Dhal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (25 March 1941 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian [[Odia people|Odia]] journalist and litterateur. He was born in Charchika in the [[Cuttack district]] of [[Odisha]], India. He was associated with newspapers like &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Swaraj&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aj Kal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ORM&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=STATE LEVEL ACCREDITED JOURNALISTS|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/2014/pdf/237-245.pdf|website=odisha.gov.in|publisher=ODISHA REFERENCE ANNUAL - 2014|accessdate=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917192026/http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/2014/pdf/237-245.pdf|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Sambad]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Prajatantra&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Dhal led the Lekhaka Samukhya literary movement in the remote areas of Odisha, where he worked as chief secretary during 1982–88. He was the chairman of National Union of Journalists during 1990–93. He founded the Bhubaneswar Book Fair, held annually.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Pioneer10February2014&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|last1=Suman|first1=Sefali|title=Stalls make brisk business at Bhubaneswar book fair|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/print.php?printFOR=storydetail&amp;amp;story_url_key=stalls-make-brisk-business-at-bhubaneswar-book-fair&amp;amp;section_url_key=state-editions|accessdate=9 August 2016|work=www.dailypioneer.com|agency=The Pioneer|date=10 February 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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