''Ganatantra'' ("Democracy") was an Odia-language newspaper published in

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

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between 1956 and 1961. Initially ''Ganatantra'' was published from

Bolangir Balangir also known as Bolangir, is a town and a municipality, the headquarters of Balangir district in the state of Odisha, India. Balangir's cultural heritage makes it one of the finest places for tourists in Odisha. Balangir municipality ...

, later moving to

Cuttack Cuttack (, or officially Kataka in Odia language, Odia ), is the former capital, deputy capital and the 2nd largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. It is also the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised f ...

.Das, Sisir Kumar.
A History of Indian Literature [2.] 1911 - 1956, Struggle for Freedom
'. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995. p. 786 It started as a weekly newspaper, later converted into a daily. Surendra Mohanty was the editor of the newspaper. ''Ganatantra'' was published by Rajendra Narayan Singhdeo, the maharaja of Bolangir, and was politically aligned with the Ganatantra Parishad party.Rout, Kartik Chandra.
History of Modern Orissa (1936-2000)
'. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 2004. pp. 208-209

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