Mathili
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Mathili | |
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| Country |  India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Malkangiri |
| Elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 764044 |
| Telephone code | 06864 [1] |
| Vehicle registration | OD-30 |
| Website | odisha |
Mathili is a town and an administrative block headquarters of Malkangiri district, Odisha, India.[2]
The Sports festival of the Annual, 'Malyabanta Mahotsav'-2009, the cultural festival of Malkangiri district, will start from Mathili on 19 October [3]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Mathili is located at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[4] It has an average elevation of 170 metres (558 feet).
History
[edit | edit source]Mathili came into National News when Laxman Nayak or Laxman Naik (22 November 1899 – 29 March 1943), the greatest freedom fighter ever this place had led the tribals for a non-cooperation movement against the British. He was a follower of non-violence principle of Mahatma Gandhi. In 1942, he led a demonstration in Mathili on 21 August police opened fire at the peaceful mob killing and demonstrators namely Nakula Pujari, Samara Nayak, Narasingha Bhumia and Linga Kotia. In this incident, a forest guard namely G.Ramaya was killed for which Laxman Naik was accused of and arrested. The trial continued for four months and on 13 November 1942 the then Sessions Judge V.Ramanathan put forward his verdict, " Accused No.1 Sri Laxman Naik is convicted under section 302 I.P.C. and sentenced to death subject to confirmation by the Hon'ble High Court ".[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Administration Archived 2009-07-12 at the Wayback Machine Malkangiri district website.
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- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mathili[permanent dead link]
- ^ Laxman Naik - The Immortal Martyr of Quit India Movement Archived 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine Government of Odisha, emagazine.
External links
[edit | edit source]- History Malkangiri district website.
- Village Panchayats under Mathili[permanent dead link] National Panchayat Directory.
- Mathili at wikimapia
- Map of Malkangiri district