Thread by @kavita_tewari

Biju Patnaik (1916 - 1997) is the only person in India on whose death his body was wrapped in the national flag of three countries. India, Russia & Indonesia.
He was also the CM of Odisha for 2 terms & was a pilot & when the Soviet Union was in trouble during World War II,👇

he bombed Hitler's forces by flying a fighter aircraft Dakota, which forced Hitler to retreat. The highest award was also given to him & was granted honorary citizenship by d Soviet Union.
When d Kawalis attacked kashmir it was Biju Patnaik who made several trips a day from👇

from Delhi to Srinagar on 27th Oct 1947 by flying a plane & transporting d soldiers to Srinagar. Indonesia was once a colony of Dutch & it occupied a large area of ​​Indonesia. Dutch soldiers kept d whole sea around Indonesia under their control & dint let any Indonesian out👇

Indonesia was freed from Dutch in 1945 & again in July 1947 PM Sutan Sjahrir was house arrested by d Dutch.They sought India's help. Then Nehru asked Biju to rescue d then Indonesian PM to India.On 22nd July 1947 Biju & his wife took a Dakota plane wdhout caring for her life👇

while flying over d control area of ​​​​d Dutch they landed on their soil & showing great bravery brought d Indonesian PM to India safely via Singapore. d incident developed a tremendous energy in them & they attacked Dutch soldiers & Indonesia bcm completely independent 👇

Later, when the daughter of Indonesian President Sukarno was born, he called Biju & his wife to name d newcomer. They named the daughter Meghawati. Indonesia had granted honorary citizenship award 'Bhumi Putra' of their country to Biju Patnaik and his wife in 1950. 👇

Later he was awarded d highest honorary award of Indonesia 'Bintang Jasa Utma' on their 50th yr of independence.
After d death of Biju Patnaik, seven days of state mourning was observed in Indonesia and one day state mourning was observed in Russia and all flags were lowered.👇