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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,…

The Panchasati have also been referred to as Panchakanya; they basically stand for The Five Virgins, and are typically called…

Kharavela was a monarch of Kalinga in present-day Odisha, India, who ruled during the second or first century BCE. The…

After the spread of the message of Noncooperation Movement in India by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920-21, Orissa witnessed the flow…

Radhanath Ray was an Odia writer of initial modernity era in Odia poetry during the later part of nineteenth century.…

Valmiki is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature.The epic Ramayana, dated variously from the 5th century BCE to first…

Sudama also known as Kuchela is a childhood friend of the Hindu deity Krishna. The story of his visit to…

Atibadi Jagannatha Dasa was an Odia poet and litterateur. He was one of the 5 great poets in Odia literature,…

The great astrologer Samantha Chandrasekhar is undisputedly the best of Uttara Scientist The vast Indian continent has a rich astronomical…