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Mother Orissa, Mother India, Mother Victoria: Expressions of National Life in Colonial Orissa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2024

Dasarathi Moharana Open the ORCID record for Dasarathi Moharana [Opens in a new window]  and
Urmishree Bedamatta
Dasarathi Moharana*
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Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Urmishree Bedamatta
Affiliation:
Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India
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Corresponding author: Dasarathi Moharana; Email: dasarathi.moharana@gmail.com
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Abstract

In the early 20th century, Orissa, a province in British India, was marked by dismemberment and fragmentation. Nationalist leaders in colonial Orissa often portrayed the province as a disfigured mother to evoke nationalist sentiment among the Odia people and garner support for the unification of the Oriya-speaking tracts in adjacent provinces to form a separate and complete Orissa province. One painting from the period depicts a woman representing “Mother Orissa” being dissected on a table by an Englishman and surrounded by wolf-headed figures representing Bengal, Madras, and Bihar, who were opposed to the idea of Orissa’s unification. However, these leaders were careful not to create an environment of coercion and sought to allow for expressions of difference to foster a healthy national life. One way they did this was by trying to unite intrareligious groups in Orissa while also calling for the need to bring together people of different regions living in Orissa. Additionally, they balanced their allegiance and devotion among three mothers: Mother Orissa, Mother India, and Mother Victoria.

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Oriya nationalismfamily metaphorMother OrissaMother IndiaMother Victoria
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