Proposed Koshal State  In Sambalpuri

Proposed KOSHAL State In Sambalpuri

Introduction

Juhar! Apanmanke  sabku swagat janauchhu ei explainer Blog re.  ameh “Koshal” boli pratistha hoithibar gute alga
rajya bisayare charcha kariba – ei rajya kana pai  dabi houchhi, kena rahichi ethar itihas o
koshal andolan, lok sanskruti, ebam aji Koshal rajya andolan kipari chalichhi.
Western Odisha re bahut din hela Koshal rajya gathan karibake loka mane swora
uthauchhan. Aaji ameh itihasaru arambha kari bartaman paryanta sampurna katha Janma
e blog re, dheere dheere bujhba ki Koshal rajya ra sapana kena raheichi.

Pashchima Odisha – jahake Koshal anchal boli madhya jana jaise – Odisha ra sehi
bhaga jenna ki Sambalpur, Balangir, Kalahandi, Sundargarh, Bargarh, Nuapada,
Sonepur, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Boudh bhalia jilla aise. Ei anchal ra lokanku
Koshal-basi kahajae. Enar lokar  bhasha
Sambalpuri (kosali) upabhasha, sanskruti, parampara alga prakara ra. Kintu
kebala bhasha o sanskruti naise, decades dhari ethar arthanaitik o samajik pachhapana
loakanku alga rajya gathana pain andolan karibaku badhya karichi.

Pratham
tharu sesh parjanta apan mane nahin chhadibe, karan blog re bahut interesting
kahani, tathya o gapa rahichi. Chalon, pratham ameh Koshal anchal ra itihas
(historical background) dwara ehi andolan ra mool bujhbara lagi chesta kariba.

1.
Historical Background of the Koshal Region

(Visual: Old
map of Kosala kingdom highlighting Dakshina Kosala region) Prachin kaal re,
Odisha ra ehi pashchima ansa-ku “Dakshina Kosala” namare jana jauthila. Kahajae
Ramayana anusar, prabhu Rama aapan dui putra-ku duita rajya diye thile – Uttar
Kosala Luv-ku, aru Dakshina Kosala Kush-ku. Kusha ei Dakshina Kosala ra
rajdhani Vindhya parbat najhika sthapit kale boli katha achhi. Ehi kahani
Koshal anchalanku Ramayana sahita jori dei, lokagatha re ethar gauraba prakash
karuthae. Ramananka maa Kaushalya bhi Dakshina Kosala ra thiile boli katha
achhi, jaha Koshal anchal ra itihas-ku aro adhika pavitra o gaurabmay karuthae.

Itihasara
pantha dhare dakshina Kosala rajya ku aneka raja-gadbandi o raja-dynasty
dekhibaku mili-thila. Gupta samrat Samudragupta chaturtha shatabdhi re Dakshina
Kosala ra raja Mahendra-ku parajit kari sambalpur anchal dakhala kale boli
itihas likhha achhi. Paschat, 5yam o 6tham shatabdhi re Sarbhapuriya rajavamsha
Sambalpur chitthi re rajya karile. Satam shatabdhi asar pass, Panduvamshi raja
Trivaradeva Koshal ra gaddi neule. Navam shatabdhi seshare Somavanshi raja
Janmajaya Mahabhavagupta aapan samrajya Sambalpur o Balangir paryanta prasar
karile. E sabu kathabarta Kohal anchal ra gaurabamaya rajnaitik itihas darshae.

Madhyabarti
jugare (medieval period), Koshal anchal ku vibhinnna Rajput o local raja mandal
shasit kale. Udaharana, Sambalpur re Chauhan bamshara raja-mananka shasana
chalithila, jahar ek udahrana Laxmi Narayan Dev o Veer Surendra Sai jaisan
nayak (Veer Surendra Sai to 19th century freedom fighter thile, je British
birudhare bidroh kari ethakara swadhinata pain ladhe thile).

Ethe
Madhyakalina o adhunik itihas re, Pashchima Odisha (Koshal) alga thila Odisha
ra anyansa ru. 1800 maddhya re British mane ehi anchal ku dakhala karibaku suru
kale – Sambalpur 1804 re British adheenaku asila, o 1817 re sampurna bhabe
British ra adhikar hela. British ra amlare, Odisha ra jahna costal
(Kalinga-Utkal) bhaga Bengal Presidency saange thila, seitha Koshal anchalanku
alga rakha jaithila – kichhi pradesha Central Provinces (madhya bharat) under
re thila, to kichhi raja gadi swadhina rahi galaa. Ehi karane British jamana re
Koshal anchal ra besi bhag development o governance re banchhi galaa, coastal
Odisha chalu kendra ra nazar padhila, kintu pashchim anchal pachhe padi rahila.

Odisha rajya
gathana hela 1936 re, kintu Sambalpur saha kehi kehi jilla Odisha province re
asi gala, aneka anchal (jaise Bolangir-Patna rajya, Kalahandi rajya, Sonepur,
etyaadi) seithae prithak raja thila. Swadhinata pare 1948 re, Koshal anchal ra
baaki princely state mananka merger hela Odisha re. Sambalpur jilla 1936 ru
Odisha saange jori gale thila, kintu baki Koshal raja-sima 12 barsha pare, 1948
re Odisha re mila jae. Merge kariba bele Western Odisha ra aneka feudatory
raja-mane (Patna ra Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, Kalahandi ra Raja, Sonepur ra
Raja adi) prathamre ethar prabhuta chhadibaku ichhuk nathile. Se mananka bhaya
thila je jodi Nijara swadhinata jaae o Odisha bhitar re milijae, tahale Koshal
anchal ku coastal Odisha neta mane daba-mardi kari chalaibe. Tathapi, antata
swadhinata pare e raja-mane sammathi deidile o 1948 re pashchima Odisha Odisha
rajyare jodi gala.

Merge
heithiba sathipakhare, Koshal alga rajya ra katha pura mita hei gala nahi. 1948
re milijae parabarshi bhi, kehi kehi neta Koshal alga pradesh ra pakshare
chuppe chuppe chinta rakhu-thile. Kintu 1960 dashada re, Balangir rajgharana ra
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Odisha ra Mukhyamantri hele (Swatantra Party ru
1967-1971), seitharu kichhi barsha andolana chup chap rahila. Western Odisha ra
loka manelene je nijara anchal ra neta CM hela, ebe hayto region ra kalyan
habo. Kintu ehi nirbharata besi dina rahilani.

Mane
rakhantu, Koshal anchal ra etihas kevala raja-o-rana ra kahani nua, eha eka
jatara – jetiki parivartan achhi, totiki takrar (conflict) o melana achhi. Ehi
prusthabhumi Koshal alga rajya andolan ra birat base. Itihasra e pathe agaku,
ameh dekhba kemiti 1990 pare puni Koshal rajyapanra chesta jwar utthila.

2.
Political Movements and Timeline of Koshal Statehood Demand

(Visual:
Black-and-white photographs of 1990s Koshal state rallies and newspaper
clippings) 1990 dasak asibaku bela Koshal rajya pain dabi puna teji gala.
1980-90 maddhya re Sambalpur ra eka Supreme Court bidyabhisana lawjyogya byakti
Shri Prem Ram Dubey nai, se pashchim Odisha ra banchhiba samasya o andolanku
katha uthane lagile. Dubey thile pratham lok jinhaki spastabhabe Koshal alga
rajya gathanara avasyakata dekhibaku pai President of India ku memorandum
submit kale. Se Sambalpur re “Kosal Sammelani” namare eka sanstha
ghadile o Kosal andolan ra pahila khabarapatra “Kosal Khabar” prakashita
karuthile. Eha madhyamre se Koshal anchal ra bhasa o asmita visare lekhha
likhile – “Hame Kosli, Hamar Bhasa Kosli” boli boi bhi likhile. Dubey Koshal
Sena gathan kari, Koshal rajyara dabi ko pralobhita karile. Sehi samayare
Jharkhand gathana chesta chalithila, au Jharkhand paksha kehi kehi Sambalpur o
Sundargarh ku Jharkhand re include kariba katha kahuthile. Dubey tanku bhanag
deithile je “ame Koshal alga rajya chahuchhu, ama bhumi Odisha ru bahare ki
Jharkhand ru bahare kahinaku debu nahi”.

Dubeyanka
prayaas pare pare anya neta o jatya party-mane bhi ei mudre katha kahibaku
arambha kale. 1990 dashak re Koshal andolan ku naye utsaha milila. Bahut
sangathana (organization) gade uthile – jaise Western Odisha Yuva Manch (WOYM),
Kosal Yuva Coordination Committee (KYCC), Kosal State Coordination Committee
(KSCC), Koshal Sena, Koshal Mukti Bahini, Koshal Mukti Morcha jaisi daldali
sangathan mane prakata hela. E sabu sangathanra ekatra prayasa Koshal
rajyapanra lagnare rahila.

2000ra ardha
belaku, Koshal andolan ra eka thia rupare dekhha mila. 2004 masihe, desh ra
takhat re NDA sarkar thila. Sehi samayara Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani
Balangir visit bele spaṣṭa kale je – “jodi Odisha Bidhan Sabha Koshal rajyara
pakshare prastab pass kare, tebe central sarkar notibaare bichaari dekhiba”.
Advani essentially ball pass kale Odisha sarkar ku. Kintu Odisha ra ruling
party (setebele BJD) o opposition Congress – duipakshai Koshal andolan ku
support karuthile nahi, taha spashta hela. BJD neta Ananga Udaya Singh Deo 2009
re Kohile Koshal ra dabi agaru Congress sarkar pachhim Odisha ku neglect
karithila, ebam Naveen Patnaik sarkar WODC madhyare paisa dei kalyan karuchhi –
separate state darkar nahi.

E dakhalare,
Koshal andolan karichi lok-mane 2000 para pakka masses re utarile. 2005 tharu
2009 majhya aneka sangathan – Kosal Kranti Dal, Koshli Ekta Manch, Kosal Party,
Odisha Sanskrutika Samaj, Kosal Rajya Sangharsha Samiti, Veer Surendra Sai
Manch, All Kosal Students Union (AKSU) adi – sabu milia separate Koshal state
pain awaj uthaila. Sambalpur Congress MP Amarnath Pradhan bhi 2008-09 thiru
chetawani deithile – “Jodi Odisha sarkar pashchimanku neglect karuthiba jari
rakhe, amaaku alga rajya maangiba ku delay karibu nahi” boli. Eithi tharu bujha
jae andolan ku mainstream neta madhya awaaj deiparuthile.

Andolanara
ruparekha student union aru bar association madhyamre bhi bahar asila. 2009 re
Sambalpur University o Balangir College chhatra sanghathan separate state ku
support kala. Sambalpur o Balangir bar association bhi Koshal rajya formation
pain demand karele. Esabubele Western Odisha re ghora bandhs o hartal dekhha
gala, jaha re Koshal andolankari mane Odisha map chhera maruthile (Odisha ra
naksa chinti gala sabu jagare), Koshal rajyara separate map distribute kala.
Etei nishana deli je pachhim Odisha loak Odisha tharu alga huanaku
mane-sethila.

2009 23
December re, Kosal Kranti Dal (KKD) Hajar hajar loak ni Odisha Bidhan Sabha
bhavana samna re Bhuvaneswar re bikhya karile. KKD neta Pramod Kumar Misra
seithai speech dele – “Ama bhasa alga (Sambalpuri/Koshali), ama sanskruti riti
alga. Ama anchal bhari khani o jungle dhanare dhani, kintu India re sabuthu
gariba. Kevala alga rajya gathanhele ethiro bikash sambhaba”. Ei kathan re
Misra dharaniya katha kahile, je bhasha-sanskruti-bikash sabu-kichi payin alga
raajya darkar. Sehi dina BJD sarkar neta mane ei andolanku bipachhe thile,
kintu janta front re misraanka ahaan soare uthila.

2010 tala
Koshal andolan aro teji hela. 10 Jan 2010 tarekh re Kosal Kranti Dal
karyaakarta mane Odisha re bahuta sthane train line roko karile, Balangir,
Bargarh, Rourkela, Jharsuguda pramukha sthal re line bandh heigala. Besh kichhi
lok giraftar hele Balangir re, Misra kahile agami dina aur badi andolan haba.
Se tharu thik 9 dina pare 19 Jan 2010 re CPI(M) neta Janardan Pati kahile – BJD
o Congress duiti bada dal issue ku ignore karuthiba payin Koshal alaag rajya
dabi jor pakuchhi. Feruary 2010 re Bargarh-Borigumma NH 201 o Balangir-Khurda
NH 224 re rasta roko kala Koshal students union o KKD misai.

Andolankari
mane 2012 ru pratyek 26 August tarikhre “Kosal Bandh Divas” palan kariba
nirdharana kale. 2012 ru 2015 paryanta pratibarsa 26 August re pachhim Odisha
ra 10-ti jilla bandh hela separate state demand re. 2013 re ei Kosal Bandh bele
KKD spokesperson Nirmal Das chetawani dele – “Odisha sarkar o kendra turanta
Koshal state gathana pain step neunku. Nahile agitation aro tezi heba”. Sei
samayare Congress neta Sriballav Panigrahi bhi kohile je pashchim Odisha re
bahut dina dhari high court bench na thibaku bhul handle karuthiba sarkar, jaha
loake separate state movement ku joradaeuchhi.

2014 o 2015
re August 26 Kosal bandh lagata chali thila – rally, motor cycle procession
madhyamre logonku jagruti karuthile Kosal coordination committee. Kintu
andolanara bhitare madhya alag dharanara matamat dekhha gala. 2016 re Hirakhand
Samukhya bole ek group kahila – “ame Koshal raajya gathana ku birodh nau, kintu
bhasa naam ‘Sambalpuri’ – taku ‘Koshali’ boli badaliba prayas ku aamari
samarthan nei”. Deepak Panda, Hirakhand Samukhya sangathana ru, kohile je
Koshali boli language-ku daka eha Sambalpuri bhasha-ku bejti karuchhi. Ehi
conflicts andolanara ekta challenge dikhaila – jhiki sabu Koshal andolan kari
bi Koshal naame ek matha nathila.

2016 March
re, Kosal Kranti Dal feri eka bara rally karila Balangir re – loak Odisha map
phati gala o Odisha ra rajya geeta ‘Bande Utkal Janani’ song ra CD daah karile
bikhyapradrasan re. Ehei pratika dekhaila je Koshal andolan kari mananka krodh
Odisha pratisthita pratidwandi chinhaboli jinshaku (jaise Odisha map, state
song) pratikhatya ru pradarshita heuchhi.

2017 re,
Koshal andolan re “Mission 88” boli eka abhiyan chalila. E abhiyan adhyakshya
thile Pritam Thakur, je Kosal Youth Coordination Committee (KYCC) re leadership
neuthile. Mission 88 dwara se Koshal anchal ra 88 blocks re youth-ku sangathita
karile o andolan ku taju jivana debaku saphal hele. 2018 re Koshal Maha Bandh
ghati success paile, ehi Thakurankar sangathana Koshal Mukti Sena chaluthila. E
paryanta Koshal andolan kuhante, nua pidi jhubaku lagi asuchhi – puruna neta
(Dubey, Mishra pramukha) sange nua mukhya (Thakur adhi) misai andolan jari
achhi.

Ebe
recently, 2020 pare Koshal andolan ku punarbal miluchhi. 2022 o 2023 re alga
rajya pain 12 ghanta Koshal Bandh abar ghoseana hela. 7 September 2022 re
Koshal Raej Mukti Morcha (KMM) o Koshal Sena bandh deithile, Bargarh, Balangir,
Sonepur, Nuapada, Kalahandi pramukha jilla bandh re kharab prakara prabhavit
hela. Sambalpur sahar ei din bandh re part nahi neithila, karana ethar business
o cultural sangathana mane “Koshal” naaku support kari nahanthi – se mane
Sambalpuri identity-ku besi gurutwa dei bandh-ru alag rehile. Deepak Panda,
Hirakhand Samukhya vice-president, ei samayare kahile je “Amemane alga rajya ku
support karuchhu, kintu Koshal namare noy. Sambalpuri bhasha o sanskrutiku
andolanare prathamikata debu. ‘Koshal rajya’ ra naamare kehi amara bhasa ku
‘Koshali’ boli kahiba ku chesta karuchhan, sethi pain Sambalpur bandh-ku
support karini”. Eha madhya Koshal andolan ra bhitare thiba naama-uponama
naiyaan (naming) visare vivadku prakash karuthila.

Tebe, bandh
to hela. 2023 November 18 re Kosal Rajya Milita Kriyanusthan Committee 11 jilla
re 12 ghanta bandh karile. Bahuta sthane dukaan, gari-ghora sabu bandha hela;
national highway re loak pathara feki road block karile. Sambalpur sahara feri
bahut effect dekha dela nahi, kiintu Bargarh, Balangir, Sundargarh, Nuapada
jaisan jillare pura safalata paile ei bandh. Andolankari mane kahile Odisha
sarkar 70 bochhara dhari Koshal anchalku neglect karuchhi, ethiro
khani-khajana, krushi, jungle sampad ru Odisha rajya ku bahut dhan miluthae,
kintu protifalana re e people exploit heuchhan. Odishara unnati re pashchim
Odisha anshra daana ra upare sarkar “coastal Odisha re prosperity o Koshal
region re kebala pollution” fix kari deichi boli KMM neta Sagar Charan Das
comment kale. Ei sabu prati bakkya re Koshal andolan ra ahaana raga prakat
heuchhi.

2025 re,
Koshal andolan eka nayaa mode ku asila, jahan ki rajnitika akhada madhyare
charchaartha hela. March 2025 re BJP ra senior MLA Jayanarayan Mishra (jo
pachhim Odisha ru jite asithanti) ek sambalpur event re kohile je – “Pashchim
Odisha ku Odisha saange joriba taithila ekta itihasik bhool. Merge heitharu
coastal district sabu preference payichhi, pachhima Odisha neglect heuchhi”. Se
ta pare se katha repeat madhya kale – “Kalinga, Utkal front re agugale, Koshal
anchal contribution kale bhi banchhi padigala; mining, farming, forest ru ethar
dhan bahar gala, kintu lok chasi raheigale”. Ehi comment Odisha Bidhan Sabhare
ghambhir hungama srushthi karila. BJD MLA mane Jayanarayan nka upara raga
dekhaila, Odisha cm Naveen Patnaik sarkar kahila BJP rajyaku bhag kariba ku
chahuchhi – “Odisha ra 100th year (1936-2036) celebration aasuchhi, e time re
emiti beda-bhalko katha BJP neta kahuchhanti” boli ninda kale. Se din
Bhubaneswar re assembly sessionre bipartisan gadbad heigala – pratipaksha bench
(BJP, Congress) o treasury bench (BJD) madhye dhakka mukki paryanta heigala
Koshal ra katha uthai. E tharu pramaan hue ki Koshal state demand politics ra
mukhya stream re dukuchhi, jaha ageru adhika khali regionra loak, chhatra,
sishu sabu karuthile.

Ebhali
kalaha-chakradhara majhire, ekathare Koshal andolan agaku chali rahichi. Next,
chalon Koshal anchal ra loka sanskruti, bhasha o chinhamana bisayare katha hoi
jae, jauthare ehi andolan ku base support miluchhi.

3.
Demographics and Cultural Identity

(Visual:
Vibrant footage of Nuakhai festival celebrations – people in traditional attire
dancing and feasting) Koshal anchal ra lokasankhya praya 1 crore upare – Odisha
ra lagbhag 1/4 bhag janagan ethei basanti. Etthara adhikansha loak Odia jati
payin hisab hele bhi, ethar matrubhasha Sambalpuri (jaku Kosali bhi kahanti)
boli parichita. Sambalpuri bhasha, Odia bhasha ra western variety, jaha ku
bahut loak separate language boli dekhna kara chahanti. Ethara bhasa kosali ku
state kimba centre tarafru kebe official recognition milini, ehi bhi Koshal
andolankari mananka eka bada unsatisfaction ra karan. “Sambalpuri” boli sarakar
eha-ku Odia dialect ru adhika kichhi mane nidei, kintu Koshal-basi mane nijara
bhasa upare garba karanti ebam chahanti je eha-ku Bharatiya sambidhan ra 8th
Schedule re jagha mili jaau (ja pari Oriya, Hindi adi official status miliba).
Bhasa paitiki Koshal anchal ra ekta alag identity ropani jor payi achhi.

Lokabhasa
chara, Koshal anchal ra loka sanskruti (culture) Odisha ra anya ansaru bahut
alag o bishesh. Ehi anchal ra sabuthu pramukha utsav hela Nuakhai – nua
dhana kholiba o khai celebration. Prati barsa Bhadraba masa Ganesh Chaturthi
pare, pashchima Odisha re Nuakhai bada dhumdhaam re manae jae. “Nua” mane nua
(new) o “Khai” mane khai-bhojana; ehi dina chasa kshetra ra loka mane nua dhaan
ra anna pakhae devi-deutaanku bali deni, ta pare paribar o samaja sangati re
bhog kari ananda mananti. Nuakhai Kuhanti eha pashchim Odisha ra sabuthu bada
samajik parba – ethara samasta lok ekhata hai “Juhar bhetghat” karanti (baru
jhia lokanka ashirbad neanti, bandhu-bandhav milanti). Eha etiki important je
Odisha ra anya ansa re lok thila bhi, Nuakhai bele nijja gaaon pheri asanti.
Nuakhai pashchim Odisha ra asmita ra hridaya boli kaha jae.

Nuakhai
chara anya jatna parba o mela madhya achhi jaha Koshal anchal ra sanskrutire
gahili. Udaharana ku “Dhanuyatra” – Bargarh nagar re pratyek barsa
December/January re heba eka bishal jatra, jaha re sara sahar eka rangamancha
hoi jae, Krishna lila natak pura sahara drushya re alankrita hoi khela jae. E
Dhanuyatra koko dunia ra sabuthu bada khulla jatra natak boli ghoshita, ebam
ethi lakhha lakahe manisha dekhibaku asanti. “Bali Yatra” nua, “Sital
Sasthi” Sambalpur re, “Bhaijuntia” (bhagini mana bhai pain upabasa
festival) Bolangir-Sonepur re pramukh parba. Adivasi lokanka festival “Karma”
o “Jhumer” nrutya ethar grameen sanskrutire dhanra beledi re dekha jae.

Koshal
anchal ra kala-sanskriti Odisha ra gaurabakun adhika ucha kari dei. Sambalpuri
lokageeta o nrutya aaji pruthibi-bikhyata. Sambalpuri folk dance ra josh-dhumna
sabu Odisha re mana-jana hoi jae, jaha ra sabuthu popular example “Rangabati”
geeta – e gaana kevala Odisha re nahi, pura desh re prashansa paichi. Western
Odisha re Dhap, Ghumra, Madali jaisan lokanrutya
prachalita – Kandha jati ra dhap nacha o Kalahandi ra Ghumra nacha (dhol beat
sahita) ethi lokapriya. Sambalpuri geet-sangeet re dhola-nishan (drum) ra bada
bhumika, ehi anchal ra geet manei taa tal o swararu chinhalikhita.

(Visual:
Weavers working on handloom, displaying vibrant Sambalpuri sarees) Sambalpuri handloom
ethar anya gouraba. “Sambalpuri Bandha (Ikat) Saree” aaji GI tagged product –
Western Odisha ra Bhulia jati bunakar (weaver) mananka banha-bunha kala ra
anupam udahaarana. Pasapalli design, sankha (shell), chakra, phula (flower)
motif jaisan Sambalpuri saree pattern ajikali national award paeichi. Ethe
Balangir, Bargarh, Sonepur prabhriti thau re jhutia o kathia taana re
tantu-bastra toiri hela dekhibaku mili. Sambalpuri saree, dress material aadi
aaji desh-bidesh re janasamaadri prapt – jeke PM to ordinary mahila, Sambalpuri
saree sabu pinda pasand. Ebe aneka runway fashion show re Sambalpuri saree
dekhha jae, jaha Koshal anchal ra kala o parampareer vijaya rup.

Bhasa o
basttra sahit khadya o jeebana shaili re bhi Koshal anchal riti alag dhangara.
Udaharana ku, Pakhala (fermented rice water) Odisha re sarbatrika popular,
kintu pashchim Odisha re log “Ram-Rocha” boli eka padartha khai thanti
(bhaat, saar, etc after offering to Ram on Satyanarayan vrata day – eha local
specialty). Pashchim Odisha re sabji-maacha ruha khub pasand, kandei jhola,
aambila, kukra jhol jaisan dish, chhuin bhaja etc local swad. Handia
(fermented rice beer) adivasi anchal re swikrita pana. Grameen anchal re Bael
Pana (wood-apple drink) o Mahua modaka (Mahua liquor) parampara
achhi.

Alokanthare,
Koshal anchal re kapada para o jeebana jeene re simplicity thae. Purusha mane
gamuchha-pagadi pare kheti karanti; mahila mane rangichhangi Sambalpuri
saree dharanti, hathare pata alata (red dye) laganti, Sita baena
(sindoor mark) pindi sanskruti palanti. Pitha-pana re manda pitha, arisa pitha,
tilkut, khaja ettyadi special peetha ethi ghare ghare bananti. E sabu
sanskrutika anga Koshal anchal ra logonku Odisha ru thoda alag ek identity dei
thae, jaha upare se-mane garba karanti.

Jatiya
hisabe ethi Odia (kosali) lok majority thile bhi, aneka Adivasi janjati
(tribes) madhya prachur sankhyare basi achhanti – adivasi culture bhi Koshal
sanskrutiku bahut impact karichi. Sambalpur-Sundergarh side re Munda, Oram,
Kharia jati achhi; Balangir o adjoin Kalahandi side re Kondh, Gond
jati besi. E janjatiya lokanka nija dharma-sanskara achhi, kintu samasta milhi
Koshal ra loka sanskrutire ek milita chehra deithae. Udaharana ku, Nuakhai
kebala Odia kisan mananka parba nua – adivasi, harijan sabu caste-creed
manau-thanti. Ei prakare Koshal anchal re ek milita sanskritika pahichan gadhha
hei chi, jaha ehi alga rajya andolan re motivation deithae – karn ethar
lokamananku laghe ki, “ame sabu eke-thei alag, taame ekathile hi bhalo pariba”.

Ebe charcha
kariba Koshal anchal ra arthik o bikash sambandhi (Economic and
Developmental Issues), jetiki e andolanra sabuthu bada karan.

4.
Economic and Developmental Issues

(Visual:
Scenes of rural Western Odisha – dry fields, migrating laborers boarding buses)
Koshal anchal ku separate state ra dabi uthibaara mool kaarana hela ethar
dirgha badhuna (prolonged backwardness) o bikashre pachhipana. Odisha rajya hoi
gala 80+ barsa, kintu pashchim Odisha – jaha ru rashtra ku bahut dhan o
sanskritika gauraba mili thila – sei anupate aji talamel re pichede rahigala.
Koshal andolankari mananka dawa, sarkar bahut besi dhyan o kharcha coastal
Odisha (Kuttack, Puri, Bhubaneswar side) pain karuchhi, kintu Bolangir,
Kalahandi, Nuapada, Sonepur jaisan jilla gote “hunger belt” (khadha ghasra
patta) bani rahigala.

Biswas kara
jaye, Koshal anchal ra bahut ghara aji bi pratidina pet bhari khaibaku pain
sangharsha karuchhi. Ek survey anusare Boudh, Sonepur, Balangir, Nuapada jaisan
jillare 60% ru adhika lok nimna gariibi rekha talare jeevika chalanti.
Ehi anchal re kharab drought (sukha) ghatea ghatae dekha jae, kintu purapuri
sinchai (irrigation) byabastha nahinthiba nuhe – nimna sinchai, jamin ra
asamanta bantarana dwaram adhiya lok garibi re ataki rahichhanti. Dhana ra obhaba
lokanku majburi kare – 1980-masa re Kalahandi ra khorab khabara asila ki lok
manssa khaibaku badhya hele, kenhi aine chhuananku besi khusipaine bechi
deuchhanti. Ehara dukhad udaharan bharatiya patrika re asithila – Kalahandi
famine, child-selling jaisan ghatana lokanku naram karidele. E prakar khaddya
surakhya sankata, duaribarta dukha Koshal anchal ra mananku bhitare banchhiba
khesha ra aubhava jagaidela.

Aau eka bada
mudda hela berojgari o palayana. Pashchim Odisha re udyog-bijog khub kum
– adhikaansa janaa jivika pain kheti o jangal upare nirbhar. Kintu kheti re
problem – sukha, sinchai abhaba, chasi mananku utpannara thik mulyo na miliba.
Phala: pratyek barsa Bolangir, Nuapada ru hajar hajar kamyia (labourer) dugo
paisa pain Punjab, Andhra, Kerala ku jhia jhia jiba paduthae. Migration
bahut high Western Odisha ru – jaha ki koshal andolankari mane kahi thanti je
“ama lok paiisa pain bahare paduchhan, ethi rahile kama nai, eha ki bikash
hela?”.

Odisha
Sarkar 1998 re pachhim Odisha ra bikash pain Western Odisha Development
Council (WODC) namare eka parishad ghatana kale. Prathamre seita bhalo
lakshya thila – kintu loak dekhele, WODC re thik paisa allocate hela bhi, tar
headquarters sujo Bhubaneswar re rakha gala. Eha loakanku khub kharab lagila –
WODC jaha pashchim payin banei, tara karyalaya bhi pashchim re thiba darkar.
Sarkar kahila, Bhubaneswar re minister-office sabu thae, ethi rakhile suvidha.
Kintu Koshal neta mane kohile, eha pramaan je sarkar hajar talkatha deithau,
kama re biparita disha re karuchhi.

Koshal
anchal re chiraabhaava (permanent neglect) ra aneka udaharana achhi. Udaharana:
Odisha High Court kendra re Cuttack re thiba, pashchim Odisha re adhivakta lok
barchaspa kari bohu dina dhari ek High Court bench Sambalpur re khulibaaku
agitation karuthile. Kintu sarkar postpone kariba pare, eha Koshal alga rajya
dabi ku aro tej karideichi. Udigire, pashchim Odisha re praya sabu bare campus,
hospital etc kholi kevala announcement hei thae, kama dheere hele nai – 2018 re
Balangir medical college (Bhima Bhoi Medical College) hela, Sundargarh o
Kalahandi re bhi medical college asila, kintu tada pare jaha haibaku thila,
setiki rohila. Rourkela Steel Plant thile bhi, sambalpur re ordnance factory
thile bhi, local lokanka berojgari bahut kama huala boli kaha jae? Ebonhi.

Koshal
anchal re sampad or resources ra kami nai. Khani khazana upare ehi bhumi
dhani – coal (koila) Odisha ra kebe adhikaansa Sundargarh-Jharsuguda re,
iron ore Sundargarh o Keonjhar border re, bauxite
Kalahandi-Rayagada pahaad re, limestone Bargarh re. Ei mineral dhan
Odisha ra GDP re bhari yogadan karuchhi. Tebe eha dwara local loko ku ketiki
upakara? Prashna rahijae. Koshal neta mane kahanti – Rajya sarkar khani company
ku permit deti pare (koila khai khai nipari), kintu ethikara grama loka paani
pilaaku tar jameen chhadiba paduchhi, paribesh nast houchhi. Jangal
sampad re bhi Koshal region reach – sal, teak, mahua jhaad jangalare adhika,
kintu forestry policy pashchim paain khub kathu; uliku (tendu) patra, mahula
phula sankalan kare adivasi jati, kintu moolya kama, forest guard harassment
besi.

Ki kichi
udharana, Sambalpur re Mahanadi upare Hindustan ra sabuthu lamba bandh Hirakud
Dam achhi – 1957 re nirmit hei jalasayra kshetra re hazaaro kisan prabhabit
hele, gharabadi hela, bahut jan gadiaaprapta rahigale. Bandh upare eka side re Hydro
Power plant ru mega watt bidyut utpadan hele, Rourkela steel plant ku paani
milila. Kintu Hirakud dam ru bahut halka sinchai milila, adhikansa paani
Angul-Talcher o industrial factory ku di debaku sarkar plan kala, jaha pare
ethi kisan mane bara bara andolan karuchhanti. 2010 re dekha gala Hirakud paani
industry ku diya jauthiba ku loak virodh karuchhanti – “paani ama jeeban, ete
durupyog kiana” boli poster neuthile.

Koshal
anchal ku Sarkar eka duiti bada project dei nidra purna kari deichi boli
alochana achhi. Etyadi, Lower Suktel irrigation project Bolangir re
lagila kintu barsha barsha delay hela; ONGC petro complex promise hela
kintu asile nahi; Rail line adhikaansa Jagdalpur-Vizag line ru connect
hela nahi, Rourkela-Jharsuguda double line bahut deri. Ei sabu Koshal anchal ra
bikash sambandhi dukhanta katha.

Kosal
andolan kari mane kahi thanti je e sabu “regional imbalance” Odisha re
bahut prabal – arthaat, pradesh ra kichhi ansa (coastal) aage badhuchhi, anya
ansa pachhe raheigala. Western Odisha ra lok mana ethi payin banchhita au pedit
bodh karuchhanti. Govindpur re bijuli, paani, sadak sabu sundar, kintu Nuapada
ra aneka gaon ehaaku ajibi tarashuchhi – ehi asamanya dekhi lok gadbad hebe
nahi to ki? Upare ruhr ek citr: “coastal Odisha ra prosperity, Koshal region ra
pollution” – KMM neta mane kahile jaha apana sunei thile.

Ethi ekatha
kahiya uchit – jete bela Koshal rajya ra andolan kari mane separate state ra
swar uthauchhanti, se samayare Odisha sarkar ou kichhi coastal neta mane
kohuchhanti – “Koshal region ku neglect kara jainahi, kintu local neta mananka
mismanagement re region pichhe padigala”. Egadhi argument counter argument
chalichhi. Tathapi, edina sudhi Koshal anchal ra common loak mane Nijara jeevan
anubhav re banchhiba klesh dekhichhanti – sethi pahin se bhabanti separate
state haile hayto, vikas pain Delhi ru direct fund pabe; nijara representative
nijara capital re basile local problem besi suniba. Ei asha-bhasa andolan ku
banchei rakhechi.

(Visual:
Infographic showing poverty statistics and migration figures) Statistical data
madhya ehi gap ku support kare. 2018 re Odisha ra average BPL population around
33% thila, kintu Bolangir, Kalahandi re eta 50-60% paein pahanchi gala. Human
Development Index re 10 ru 8 Koshal jilla bottom re achhi. Paani, disha,
swasthya suchankare Koshal jilla piche. Kete pashchim jilla re dui bochhare eka
doctor bhi payi nahanti. Eh sabu andolana ra neeti-niti dala.

Concisely
kohile, Koshal region ra samasya bahu – garibi, berojgari, drought, shiksha o
swasthya re kami, infrastructure re kami. Ei sabuthiru umaha uthila separate
Koshal state ra charcha. Agaku dekhantu, koshal andolan Bartaman kanna daisare
achhi ebam rajnitik matra re tara keun sthiti.

5.
Present Status of the Movement

(Visual:
Protesters holding Koshal banners and flags in a rally, recent footage)
Bartaman dina re Koshal rajya andolan kipari achhi? Kahak lagi nibedana, keun
stage re achhi, chesta success heba bali laguchhi ki? – E prashnara uttara
bahut hadha katha.

Pratham
katha, aajira thithi sudha, Koshal rajya gathana pain neither Odisha
assembly nor Parliament konosi official proposal pass karini. Advani ji
kahithile jodi Odisha Bidhan Sabha resolution neye, central consider kariba.
Kintu Odisha assembly re eha pai bahut alochana bhi hela nahi, resolution ta
dure. Palia (ruling BJD) o bipaksha Congress duibhi kosal ra idea ko support
kari nahi openly. Gote bela Congress sarkar neglect kale, BJD kahila ame WODC
deichi, separate state darkar nahi. BJP rajyare support karu nahi, kintu
central re Odisha BJP ra kehi kehi neta (Jayanarayan Misra jaisi) khullamkhulla
separate state suggestion deidauchhanti. Tate BJP party bhitare bhi matabheda
achhi – kehi pachhare base strong so they speak for Koshal sentiment, but party
officially bole “Odisha ek rahiba” dharana neuchi.

Koshal state
andolan at present adhikansha grassroot level o cultural organizations dwarahin
chali rahichi. Kosal Kranti Dal, Kosal Mukti Morcha jaisi sangathan pratyek
bachhar Bandh, rally, seminar through pressure create karuchhi. 2023 re dekhila
jae, Bahuda sarkar ra kyadei dhyana akarsibaku anuchhi – bandh re 11 jilla kaam
bandha, highway roko, train roko hoi gala. Police rakhila, thankfully violence
na ghati, peacefully lok swara uthile. Media madhya ehi khabarku cover karuchhi
– jaha purbaru local patrika re silo, ebe national level re Indian Express,
Times of India re articles asuchhi (jeke apan reference dekhuthile).

Kintu Koshal
andolan ra internal challenges madhya achhi. Sambalpur o anya ketepa
jilla re kehi kehi influential group Koshal shabda-ku opposi karuchhanti. Se
mananka bhay je Koshal bali kahile Sambalpuri identity dhumil hei jiba.
Udaharan, Deepak Panda group bandh support na kari sabotage karile. E prakar
ekamata abhaba (lack of unity) andolan ku kahinki kichhi durbal kare. Jaha ki
separate state andolan re janasupport anibaku unity darkar, eikhane Koshal
pakkha va Sambalpuri pakkha bali alochana chaluchhi.

Rajnitik
pakshare, aji-pain Koshal ra support sabuthu adika BJP local neta mane
dekhauchhanti. 2024 election pare Odisha assembly re BJP opposition re achhi;
se mane time asei Koshal mudda neichhanti. March 2025 re assembly madhye
Koshal vs Odisha integration upare dangha (scuffle) hela – ehi conflict
dekhaila je Koshal andolan ku ruling party khub seriously neuchhi, as an
“attempt to divide Odisha” boli projection karuchhi. Naveen Patnaik ji hatare
Odisha ra ekata (unity) ra mudda, se separate state talk ku strongly oppose
karibe abasya. Congress pakshare Hemananda Biswal jaisi pachhim Odisha neta
madhya age separate state ku virodh kari khule kohithile.

Central
sarkar (BJP) ehi mudre bahut chup chap achhi. Ebe union government new states
banai debar kaahinki khub ichhuk nathaye. 2000 re purna tinoti rajya
(Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand) ebam 2014 re Telangana pura separate hei
gala. Tebe Tarpar BJP rule asila, kintu aram se new state policy re brake
lagigala. Uparru, Odisha ra ruling BJD centralku support karuchhi, taahinki BJP
central Odisha sarkar ku antagonize kari Koshal ku haan kahi deba nahi chaheba.

Andolan ra
present status kahiye, eha lamba ladhai (long struggle) ru gudhi
rahichi. Koshal andolan kari sabhara neta Pramod Mishra kahuthile – “ame 1948
re zabardasti Odisha re milila, 60 bochhare dekhu tu ki paeelun? Garibi o
pichhipana chara kichhi nahi”. Eabhabe Koshal supporters manasika ru dhrudha,
tara frustration uccara karuthanti. Kintu tar saamna re sarkari pratirodh bhari
majbuta.

Social media
re Koshal supporters group khola gala – Facebook re page, WhatsApp group dwarah
Koshal bhasa o sanskritiku prachaar karuchi, alga rajya upare charcha karuchi. #JaiKoshal
boli hashtag chaluchhi. Kete yuba Kosal Anthem banauchhanti, YouTube re
Koshal rajya ra geeta upload heuchhi (udh: “Koshal rajya amku darkar!” title re
gita, jaha re protest rap style re koshal pain awaaz). E prakar digital
platform re Koshal andolan banchhi achhi.

Aji Koshal
andolan non-violent rakhha gala. Bandh, rally, meeting, memorandum – e
sabu loktantrik paddhati re agitation choluchhi. Karibi, kichi jharpi-marpi
ghatana report nahi andolan ru (bhala lakshana). Neta mane central sarkarku
memorandum deithile jaha result asuchhi nahi, kintu hope thae. Jana level re,
Western Odisha ra common man ra mix opinion – kehi separate state keen
chahnthi; kehi mane alga rajya re chhota rajya heba ra risk dekhuchhanti (uchit
resource milibaki? tax revenue kaan, etc); anya kehi kahuchhanti present system
re rahile bhi kaama govt thik karile heba. Ei bibhinna matamate ra majhire
Koshal state movement agaku baruchi, kintu bahut dhire.

Kichhi
positive sunchi, Odisha sarkar pachhima Odisha pain “Ama Gaon, Ama Bikash”
jaisi scheme chalauchhi, directly CM office ru funds jauchhi. Western Odisha re
2019 re Harishankar, Nrusinghnath, Samaleswari Mandir jaisan jagah development
plan lagila. Biju Expressway road project sambhavana achhi. Ei sabu halka
bikash naksha loakara man mathare prabhav paduchhi, kahuchhi – “dheere dheere
sabu melijibo, separate state darkar nahi”. Kintu Koshal andolankari argument
karuchhanti je – “100 barsha wait karilu, ketebele meliba?”.

Summary
kahile – present re Koshal andolan moderate intensity re jari achhi. Sarkar
side re specific step nahi, but civil society re eha sustain karuchhi. Dabi
alive achhi, support base prachur thila, aji thoda kam-jada hela, but micha
hela nahi.

Conclusion

(Visual: A
montage of key visuals – from historical maps to modern rallies – ending with a
question mark on screen) Ebe prashna hela – Koshal ra sapana ketebele
saakara heb? Eha aaji utarhin prasna. Koshal andolan ra itihas, rajnaitik
utha-pataka, sanskrutika garba o arthanaitik kasta – sabu emiti gote chitra
tuleidela, jethei pashchim Odisha ra loak alga identity o banchhiba ichhare
majboot, kintu Odisha rajyara ekata re bighna asuchhi.

2025 re
asithiba e andolan kara dekhiye ki – Koshal state gathanara raasta kahin semiti
sahaja nuhan. Bhitarare matabheda dur karibaku padiba – sambalpuri vs kosali
bhasa naama vivad, leadership madhya ekatra hoibaku padiba. Political support
bina, kevala bandha o hartal re rajya miliba katha asa kari heba kathina.
Kintu, loakara manaspurna jodi drudha rahila, dini asa karantu central sarkar e
visayare astha-bhakti sahita alochana kariba.

Ekathare,
andolankari mane kahi rahichhanti – “Odisha neta mane 1936 o 1948 re koshal
ankhalaku conspiracy kari milidele, ethiro niskhruti (freedom) darkar. Article
2 o 3 (Constitution re) hisabe alga state ama adhikar”. Pramod Mishra nischaya
saha kohile – bibhina khsetra re asamana byabahara, banchhana (discrimination)
ro ekmatra samadhaan alga rajya. Ei kathanaku ebonhi lok bahut share
karuchhanti.

Tebe, aneka
future scenario samna re ase: Jodi Odisha sarkar sahi re kichi major
developmental push dei pashchim Odisha ku padhe, hayto separate demand kumti
hei jibo. Nahi hele, 2036 re Odisha ra 100 years celebration re purbaru, hoyto
koshal supporters central ku dababa debaku chesta karibe je – “100 bochhara
hela, ebe amaku alga kara”. Bhabishya re central government re ruling party
jodi vote rajnitire pashchim Odisha ra sentiment bujhi kichi bold step nebaaku
chahe, semiti bhi hebaku pare. Jahaabe telangana payin decades lagithila, kintu
dekhta dekhti 2014 re mili gala.

Koshal rajya
payin pahada moto kathina heba, kintu andolan ra neta ebbe nirasa nahin – se
eko “long-term fight” boli neuchhanti. Pritam Thakur jaisan nua jhuan neta
lokanku koshal identity re gaurab anubhaba karauchhanti. Social media re
#Koshal trend karuchhi. Western Odisha re prati ghare jaha katha seita – Koshal
ra katha uthe. Ethar natija kemiti bahariba ta aamaku agami din dekhai debo.

E video re
ameh dekhilu kiebhe Koshal anchal ra itihas re alag identity thila, kemiti dus
prakara neglect o andolan dekha gala, aau present re andolan kona daisare
achhi. Ebe nirnaya apan mane karantu – separate Koshal state daabi ki nyaaya?
Ebe Odisha sarkar pachhim Odisha ku je upaya karuchhi, setiki paryapta ki? Ehi
prashnara uttar samay o apana mananka matam dhire dhire bahar kariba.

(Visual:
Sunset over the Hirakud reservoir with the text “Future of Koshal?” fading in)
Etha kahani rahila Koshal raajya andolan ra – dukhya, garba, ahaana o asa mix
hela. Video ku sesha karibara agaru, gote kahani manare asuchi: “Hirakud
dam” – je upare paduchi suryast, ek pakhare brudhya pani o anya pakhare
suka maati. Pashchim Odisha ra kahani madhya emiti – ek dike apaar sambhabana,
anya dike akha adhura. Dekhibaku chaahun je e dam ru jhari jaithiba pani
bhitare Koshal anchal ra banchana dukhya sabu dube jaau o e nija adhikar
pratistha karipare.

Koshal
andolan e samay chali thiba eka chapter – eha aaji pain “Dream vs Reality”
majhire ataki achhi. Kintu asa kariba jae agami dine Koshal basi mananka swara,
sehi swara jaha rangabati geet ru baripada re radhei, sehi swara sarkar mananka
kana padi padi rahiba nahi.

Apan mane
video dekhi bare dhanyabad! Mu asa karuchhu ehi Koshal ra kahani apananku
upakara lagila. (Visual: Fading out with “Juhar, Dhanyabad” on screen)

Sources: This script was prepared referencing
historical records, news reports and research on the Koshal state movement,
including Wikipedia and news articles, among others, to ensure accuracy and
depth in covering the subject.