Koshal region observed black day on April 1st while rest of Odisha was celebrating Odisha Divas on April 1st commemorating the formation of separate Odisha state on 1 April 1936. In Sambalpur the Koshal Parishad observed Black Day led by Purnachandra Mahapatra, Jayalal Seth, Pabitra Deo, Karuna Pradhan, Sukadev Naik, Golak Bihari Mishra, Sunil Nanda, and Omkar Mishra etc.
In Bargarh, the members of Koshal State Coordination Committee hoisted the black flag amidst large gathering and posted banners in government offices demanding separate Koshal state.
