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'''Utkala Sammilani''' ({{lang-or|[[:or:ଉତ୍କଳ ସମ୍ମିଳନୀ|'''ଉତ୍କଳ ସମ୍ମିଳନୀ''']]}})is an Indian social and cultural organization. It was founded in [[Odisha]] in 1903 by [[Madhusudan Das]] and continues in present times.<ref name="Hindu Times">{{cite web | title=Central Nod to Rename Orissa Welcome | publisher=Hindustan Times (New Delhi) | date=24 October 2009 | author=Staff Reporter}}</ref>

==History==
Utkal Sammilani was founded by [[Madhusudan Das]].<ref name="Odisha Gov">{{cite web | url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/portal/LIWPL/event_archive/Events_Archives/148Death_Annivearsary_Madhusudan_Das.pdf | title=Death Anniversary of Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das | publisher=Odisha Government | access-date=17 September 2013 | author=Unknown author}}</ref> Its first meeting was held in 1903 and included 62 "permanent members".<ref name="Shakti Malik">{{cite book|title=Makers of Modern Orissa|year=1996|pages=48|author1=Samal, Joy K.|author2=Nayak, Pradip Kumar|name-list-style=amp}}</ref> The organization's first objective was to campaign for the unification of the state of Odisha.<ref>{{cite book | title=Indian Political Thought | publisher=PHI Learning Private Ltd | author=Padhy, K.S. | year=2011 | pages=287}}</ref>

A conference was held in 1920 in [[Chakradharpur]] and the organization decided to join the non-cooperation movement that had recently been endorsed by the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite book | title=My Life, My work | publisher=Allied Publishers Private | author=Mahapatra, Jarihar | year=2011 | pages=220}}</ref> It elected a new president, Basanta Kumar Panigrahi, in 2002.<ref name="Orissa Matters">{{cite web | url=http://orissamatters.com/2002/11/30/new-leader-of-utkal-sammilani/ | title=New Leader of Utkal Sammilani | publisher=Orrisa Matters | date=30 November 2002 | access-date=17 September 2013 | author=Pattanayak, Subhas Chandra}}</ref>

In 2010, Utkal Samilani, requested that the Indian government grant "classical language status" to Odia and take appropriate actions to preserve the interests of the people who speak Odia but reside outside their home state.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news | title=Utkal Sammilani's demand | newspaper=The Hindu | date=7 December 2010 | author=Staff Reporter}}</ref> Utkal Sammilani was a key player in the transformation of the state of [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] to its modern-day status as Odisha and it opposed [[Andhra Pradesh]]'s Polavaram project in 2010.<ref name="The Hindu 2">{{cite news | title=Protest Against | newspaper=The Hindu | date=15 September 2010 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://oaob.nitrkl.ac.in/40/ Utkal Sammilani (1903–1936): Vol 1]

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