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2 unusual facts about Cuttack


Raghoji II Bhonsle

The two Maratha rulers were decisively defeated at Assaye and Battle of Argaon, and by the Treaty of Deogaon of that year Raghoji ceded Cuttack, southern Berar, and Sambalpur to the British, although Sambalpur was not relinquished until 1806.

Shubhashgram

It is named after the great Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose as his ancestral house was at this village, before his parents moved to Cuttack, Orissa.


Arindam Roy

He is an Economics graduate from the Christ College, Cuttack and has a degree from the Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.

Bhubaneswar Behera

In 1939 he obtained a degree in physics from Ravenshaw College in Cuttac then went on to graduate with a degree in civil engineering from the Bihar College of Engineering in Patna in 1943.

Dwarkanath Tagore

Therefore, to participate in the Zamindari left by his adopted father Ramlochan Thakur as the forthcoming Zaminder, Dwarkanath left school in 1810 at the age of 16 and apprenticed himself under a renowned barrister at Calcutta Robert Cutlar Fergusson and shuttled between Calcutta and his estates at Behrampore and Cuttack.

Gopal Ballav Pattanaik

He attended Ravenshaw College in Cuttack and Allahabad University and earned his law degree from M. S. Law College, Utkal University in Odisha.

Jajpur district

Korai: Korai is a Block of Jajpur district, having a Primary Health Centre, a college, a few high schools, a 125-year-old minor school, and one of the oldest Police Station of the erstwhile Cuttack district.

Karilopatna

To reach Kendrapara one can go via Cuttack-Jagatpur-Salipur state high way or on the National Highway No.5 and 5 A, crossing at ChandikholViaChhata towards Paradip.

Maharani Swarnamoyee

Swarnamoyee donated Rs. 15,000/- for Bethune College in 1872, Rs. 2,000/- for Cuttack College in 1875, Rs. 2,000/- for Aligarh College in 1876 and Rs. 5,000/- for London Imperial Jubilee Institution in 1887.

No. 354 Squadron RAF

The squadron redeployed to Minneriya in Ceylon on 12 October 1944, with detachments at Kankesanturai and Cuttack, and returned to Cuttackā€”maintaining a detachment at Kankesanteraiā€”in January 1945, where they received the Liberator Mk.VI.

Odisha Day

The newly formed Odisha consisted of six districts namely Cutack, Puri, Baleswar, Sambalpur, Koraput and Ganjam having its capital at Cuttack.

Posta, Burrabazar

The Posta Raj family had once constructed the road from Cuttack to Puri, in order that pilgrims could travel easily to the Jagannath temple.

Rabi Ray

Ray was born on 26 November 1926 at Bhanaragarh village in the Puri district of Orissa, He passed his B.A. examination in History from the Ravenshaw College in Cuttack and later studied Law in the Madhusudan Law College in Cuttack.

Rachana Banerjee

Rachana marriedSiddhanta Mahapatra at Cuttack in 2004, but later they divorced and she left the Oriya Film Industry.

Ross Masood

He then entered the Indian Education Service as headmaster of Patna high School, a professor at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (Orissa), and a fellow of Calcutta, Madras and Osmania universities.


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