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Afghan Samrat During the 17th century, Upendra Bhanja wrote poetry and created classical Odissi music. He is well known for…

Social reformer, businessman, politician, and founding editor of the Dainik ASHA newspaper—the first Odia daily—Sashibhusan Rath was based in Brahmapur.…

The Iron Lady, or Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, was India’s first female prime minister and a prominent figure in Indian political…

Radhanath Ray (1848-1908) came of a Bengali family that had settled in Orissa for generations.His kavyas set up a new…

In Oriya literature, Gopinath Mohanty is regarded as a versatile author. At the Cuttack district’s Nagbali village, he was born…

In the biographical composition of Gopinath Mohanty, the legendary orator of Ordained literature”Dipamjyoti” is a follow-up to how the novel…

Bidyut Prabha was born on 12 July 1926 at her maternal uncle’s home in a small village named Jhinkadi in…

Gopabandhu Das popularly known as ‘Utkalmani’ (Gem of Odisha) was born October 9, 1877 in a noble Brahmin family in…

Madhusudan Das (28 April 1848 – 4 February 1934) was an Indian lawyer and social reformer, who founded Utkal Sammilani…

Swami Vivekananda 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta , was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author,…