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Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab fondly known as the ‘Lion of Orissa’, ‘Utkal Keshari’, by the people, was imbued with patriotism from his school days. A  diplomat and a writer, the policies and decisions he made when he was serving as the Chief Minister of Odisha,  directly contributed to creating Odisha as a self-sustaining and efficient state. Hence he is often credited to be the architect of modern Odisha. Responding to call of Gandhi Dr.Harekrushna Mahatab was born in small ‘vaishya’ family in Agarpada of Bhadrak district on November 21, 1899. When he was doing his BA in Ravenshaw College in 1921, he left college education halfway to participate in ‘Pada Yatra’, a freedom movement in Odisha, in response to a call from Mahatma Gandhi. Harekrushna then joined the Congress and was actively involved in politics, he soon became the President of Balasore district board in 1924 and remained in the post for a few years. When Subhas Chandra Bose became the president of Congress, he was

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a highly respected veteran politician who had served as the Prime Minister of India in three non-consecutive terms. He was a member of the Indian Parliament for almost five decades; in fact he was the only parliamentarian who had been elected from four different states at different times, namely, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi. He made his foray into politics during the pre-independence era when he took part in the Quit India Movement which led to his arrest and imprisonment. A true patriot, he was one of the founding members of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh, an Indian nationalist party. A multi-faceted personality, he was a very skilled poet with several published poems. Also well known is his love for his native language Hindi—he was the first person to deliver a speech in Hindi at the U.N. General assembly. He was very famous for his oratory skills and held several prestigious positions in Indian politics before being elected the P

The nature poet Gangadhar Meher is one of the rarest gems of Oriya literature. He used to help his father by weaving the clothes but somewhere in the mean time he learned to weave the words much beautifully than the clothes. Though he has studied only up to 5th class, today a collage has been named to his honor. The prakruti kavi breathe his last breath at the age of 62. Here is a brief profile of the Oriya Swabhaba Kavi, Gangadhar Meher. Biography of Gangadhar Meher Gangadhar was born on 9th August, 1862, at Barapali in Bargarh district. He belongs to a weaver family. His father's name is Chaitanya Meher and mother's name is Sevati Devi. He got married at the age of 10 to Shanta Devi. After her death, he married to Champa Devi. He is one of the rarest gems in Oriya literature. He was very fondly known as " Swabhab Kabi " and " Prakruti Kabi ". However, very few people knew that Gangadhar Meher's schooling career was over

An academician and writer, Dr Pratibha Ray is an eminent fiction writer of contemporary India. She was born on January 21, 1943, at Alabol, a remote village in the Balikuda area of Cuttack district in Odisha. From her childhood she was fascinated towards writings. Her father Parshuram Das gave up a lucrative job in the Tata Iron and Steel Company and joined as the first Head Master of Balikuda High School to educate the people to help them realise the significance of freedom struggle. Her mother Manorama Devi was a housewife and at the same time was associated with social service. Pratibha had her schooling in Balikuda High school. Her father wanted her to be a doctor and a poetess like Utkal Bharati Poetess Dr Kuntala Kumari Sabat but Pratibha wanted to be a writer. Therefore she left her medical college soon after the admission and without the knowledge of her father started studying Botany at Ravenshaw College in Cuttack. This daring and bold step of her was a far imaginat

An Oriya Author equally famous in English literature is  Manoj Das  (1934) , an Indian award-winning author who writes in Oriya and English with same excellence. Manoj Das is internationally recognized and is the recipient of many prestigious awards like the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Padmashri and the Saraswati Samman. He has columns in India’s national dailies like The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu and The Statesman. His writings, revealing the deeper truth and the untraced aspects behind current issues, have been highly appreciated.Manoj Das was born in a small coastal village named Shankari in Balasore district of Orissa State. Since 1963, he has been an ashramite at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. Manoj Das is currently an English professor at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry. He is presently concentrating on writing novels. Manoj Das is perhaps the foremost bilingual Oriya writer and a master of dramatic expression bot

Sahil Kumar das one of Orissa’s youngest researchers. He was born in Andhra Pradesh. But his family was leave in Orissa . He was born 10 January, 1998. He lived in a small village Hirapur of Orissa. His village is near Orissa’s Bhubaneswar. But the most surprising thing is that his age is only 19-years old, and he has reached the peak of success in just 19-years. If his family is talking then he is from a middle class family. Sahil was very bright and brilliant student since childhood. From childhood, a different glow of talent can be seen in his face. Since childhood his music was poetry and interest in the stories. He has been rewarded many times for writing good poetry from school. Apart from the school, not only school, he is also rewarded at Block Level, District Level and State Level just because of his poems.  Most of the time he spent studying and doing research. Because he believes that education is most powerful weapon in the world. He wrote the many books such as U