By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, December 12, 2016 : Odisha government has decided to include the life story of legendary leaders, Biju Patnaik, Veer Surendra Sai and Netaji Subhash Bose in the text books of school children.

State school and mass education minister Debi Prasad Mishra said include the biography of former chief minister, Biju Patnaik would be included in the high school syllabus as part of the state’s tribute to the legendary leader on his birth centenary.

Mishra said inspiring incidents from Biju Patnaik’s life will be part of the curriculum from the academic year 2017-18 for students of Class VI to Class X.

The chapters would include the leader’s childhood stories, his years of education, struggles of life and political success and failures, he added.

Mishra said Biju Patnaik’s popular stories like his role in India’s freedom struggle, the rescue of Indonesian Prime Minister, his adventures as a pilot, would all be part of the text books.

Sahitya Akademi winner and popular children’s writer Das Benhur would pen the stories on Biju Patnaik for the school syllabus.

The text books will inform school children about how legendary leader and former chief minister Biju Patnaik had once rescued Prime Minister of Indonesia and his role in the freedom struggle.

Apart from Biju Patnaik, the life of other prominent sons of the soil like Veer Surendra Sai and Netaji Subhash Bose would also be included in the syllabus, Mishra said.

Welcoming the state government’s decision of including Biju Patnaik’s life in school books, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Narasingha Mishra said the life and works of eminent leaders like Nabrakrushna Choudhary, Harekrushna Mahtab should also be included in the school curriculum.