Rambha Palace in Odisha played a crucial role in the statehood movement, serving as a venue for key meetings and hosting influential figures like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, who discussed the cause of a separate Odisha province. Priyabrata Patro , well-known traveler and writer from Odisha visited the palace recently and narrated his experience and learning regarding its importance in relation to formation of Odisha as the first Linguistic state of India . Click on the link to the Video here to listen his conversation with Radio Koraput