Baji Rout, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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youngest martyr of freedom struggle in India
Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1926
Place of Birth: Dhenkanal district, Odisha, India
Date of Death: 11-Oct-1938
Profession: revolutionary
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Baji Rout
- Baji Rout (Odia: ???? ????) is the youngest Indian martyr, having been killed at the age of twelve.
- He was born on 5 October, 1926.
- Rout, who was a boat boy, was shot by British police when he refused to ferry them across the Brahmani River on the night of 11 October 1938 at Nila kanthapur Ghat, Bhuban, Dhenkanal district.Baji Rout was the youngest son of a boatman on the Brahmani river. As an active member of the Banar Sena of Prajamandal (Party of People), He had volunteered to keep watch by the river at night.
- The British Police force ordered him to cross the river by his boat which he denied.
- The police force then fired upon Baji Rout along with Laxman Mallik and Fagu Sahoo.
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