In Odisha, people are are celebrating the 163rd birth anniversary of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das on Thursday. Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das, popularly called as ''Madhu Babu'', had played a major role in the formation of Odisha as a separate state in 1936. Governor MC Bhandare, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, a galxy of state ministers and people across different sections of the society paid rich tribute at the statue of ''Madhu Babu'' at Bhubaneswar.