Browsing: Odia Biography

The famous Bidagdha Chintamani kabya was written by Odia poet Abhimanyu Samanta Singhara, who was born in Balia, Jajpur, in…

The Buddhacharita, an epic poem on the life of the Buddha in the Sanskrit mahakavya form, during the beginning of…

Indian reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha, which served as the forerunner…

Aswini Kumar Ghose was a committed figure in Oriya theatre. An Indian playwright from Odisha named Aswini Kumar Ghose lived…

Kharavela, also written as Khraba, was a king of Kalinga in what is now the Indian state of Odisha who…

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

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

Veer Surendra Sai (23 January 1809 – 28 February 1884) was an Indian revolutionary who spent his life fighting against…

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015) was an Indian politician who had been Governor of Assam…

The Gandhi family is the family of Mohandas Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948). Gandhi was the distinguished…