Question: why odisha celebrate utkal divas?
Answer: Utkal Divas (Odisha day) is celebrated on 1st April across Odisha in the memory of the formation of the state as a separate province on 1 April 1936. After demise of the last Odia king Mukund Dev in 1568, our state had been ruled by Mughals, Nawabs, Marathas and British.