Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted the people of Odisha on the occasion of Odisha day Utkal Diwas. “Wishing my brothers and sisters of Odisha on Utkal Diwas. My best wishes for Odisha’s progress,” Modi tweeted. Odisha Day, also known as Utkal Diwas is celebrated on April 1 in Odisha in the memory of the formation of the state as a separate province on April 1, 1936.