Baripada: Veteran freedom fi ghter Banchhanidhi Biswal, who took part in India’s independence movement as a teenager, died Saturday night at the age of 102. District authorities accorded him state honours Sunday by draping his body with the Indian National Flag before his funeral. Born November 27, 1924, in Sajanagada village under Nilagiri block of Baleshwar district, Biswal had been living with his son here in Mayurbhanj district. He joined th…
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