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unusual facts about Orissa



Adani Power

A few of them are 3300MW coal based TPP at Bhadreswar in Gujarat, 2640 MW TPP at Dahej in Gujarat, 1320 MW TPP at Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, 2000 MW TPP at Anugul in Orissa and 2000MW gas based power project at Mundra in Gujarat.

Adikanda Mahanta

He is awarded Doctoral degree from Ranchi university for his research work on the folk culture of Odisha for his research thesis "Odishara Kurmali Lokagita" ( Kurmali Folk Songs of Orissa ).

Agharia

They migrated to Orissa and Chattisgarh around 15th/ 16th century during Mughal rule from Aghpur/Aghapur near Bharatpur (Rajasthan) which is in radius of 84kose around Vrindavan & Mathura.

Ahmad Ali Khan

He succeeded his half brother, Zain-ud-Din Ali Khan after his death on August 6, 1821 as the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa under the titles of Baeran ul-Mulk (Administrator of the country), Ihtisham ud-Daulah (Dignifier of the country), Walla Jah (Of High Rank) and Nahabat Jang (Horror in War).

Ali Quli Khan

He was elder son of Faiz Beg Najm-i-Sani, and grandson of Nawab Mirza Muhammad Bakir Khan Najm-i-Sani, sometime Subadar of Multan, Oudh, Orissa, Gujarat and Delhi.

Amos Sutton

Soon after their arrival to his mission station, his first wife Charlotte died due to sickness at Puri, Orissa;later, he married James Coleman, second wife and an American Baptist missionary widow.

By 1805, Baptist missionary society and later Amos Sutton under the auspices of Serampore Trio -- William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and William Ward attempted to preach Telugu-speaking people in northernmost parts of present Andhra Pradesh—adjoining areas to Orissa like Chicacole(present Srikakulam) and Vizagapatnam(present Vizag or Visakapatnam).

Appias lyncida

In the northern parts of peninsular India it extends into Orissa and North up to Lucknow.

Asurgarh

Paul Yule, Early Historic Sites in Orissa (Delhi 2006) ISBN 81-89645-44-7

Balasore College of Engineering and Technology

The Balasore College of Engineering and Technology, alternatively known as BCET Balasore is a private college which is affiliated to the Biju Patnaik University of Technology in Rourkela, Orissa, India.

Baleswar

Baleswari Oriya, a dialect of Oriya spoken in Balasore, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj districts of Orissa, India

Bhujakhia Pir

The legend tells that Hajrat Swale Mohammad, named afterwards as ‘Bhujakhia Pir’ had come to Orissa in the 16th century and devoted himself to the service of mankind, especially to the service of Cholera victims.

Bhukha

This is the first film in the Kosli/Sambalpuri language and the first film from the state of Orissa to get an International Jury Award at the Gijón International Film Festival.

Bikalananda Kar

Bikali Kar (birthname Bikalananda Kar) is a confectioner from Salepur, Orissa and founder of "Kar & Brother" for popularizing rasagola.

Cora DuBois

She conducted research between 1961 and 1967 on the temple city of Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa, where a number of graduate students in Anthropology and Social Relations conducted fieldwork.

Digha

This place is Only 8 km away from Digha the century old Temple of Lord Shiva at Chandaneswar,near Bengal and Orissa Border.Nearly half million people & pilgrims visit the temple at

Ferro Alloys Corporation

They have established a charge chrome plant at D.P.Nagar, Randia in Bhadrak district of Orissa in 1983.

Jai Balaji group

The Group has been promoted by Kolkata based businessmen and includes nine Iron and Steel making plants in Durgapur, Raniganj and Liluah in West Bengal; Rourkela in Orissa; Durg in Chhattisgarh and Saraikela in Jharkhand.

Jajpur district

Ashokajhar, Chandikhol, Chhatia, Gokarnika, Kuransa, Mahavinayak, Patharajpur, Ratnagiri, Udayagiri, Satyapira, Singhapur, Vyas Sarobar, and Baruneswar Pitha are some of the destinations that attract tourists to the district, and the region's various natural resources support mines and industries.

Kathgola

It is located about half a km South-East of Mahimapur (modern Nashipur), a town in West Bengal, India just north of Murshidabad, the capital of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa during the reign of the Nawabs of Murshidabad.

Kosal

Dakshina Kosala Kingdom, a colony of Kosala kings identified to be the Chhattisgarh state and western Orissa region of India

Krushna Chandra Panigrahi

Krushna Chandra Panigrahi was born in 1909 in a village known as Khiching in the district of Mayurbhanj in Orissa state of India.He grew up in a poor family and lost his parents at an early age.

Krutibas Nayak

He spent his early life in Southern part of Orissa, where he graduated in literature from Berhampur University.

Mahendra Mountains

It is identified to be the part of the mountain ranges in the east coast of India (Eastern Ghats), that falls in Orissa.

Mettur Thermal Power Station

The coal from Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (Talcher and Ib Valley) and Eastern Coalfields Limited (Raniganj and Mugma) are transported to the load ports of Paradip (Orissa), Vizag (Andhra Pradesh) and Haldia (West Bengal).

Mukhalingam

Sri Mukhalingam was also capital of Eastern Ganga kings of Kalinga (ancient Orissa).

Navagunjara

Navagunjara is also depicted in Ganjifa playing cards as the King card and Arjuna as the minister card, in parts of Orissa, mainly in Puri District and Ath-Rangi Sara in Ganjam District, Orissa.

Odisha High Court

However, the said new province of Bihar and Orissa was under the jurisdiction of Calcutta High Court.

Orissa Film Development Corporation

Devdas Chhotray, Director of Orissa Film Development Corporation (1983-89 & 1996-98).

Padmasambhava Mahavihara monastery

The Padmasambhava Mahavihara monastery, located at Chandragiri, Gajapati district, in the state of Orissa, India, is the largest Buddhist monastery in South Asia.

Palakonda

Krushna vallabha Dash, an Oriya Priest from Orissa and a devotee of Durga started worshiping here in 1947.

Panchanan Mohanty

Born and brought up in a village in the Indian state of Orissa, Mohanty studied both literature (at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India), and linguistics at the University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

People's Biodiversity festival

The main panelist were Mr. C. Madegowda from Karnataka, Mr. Subhash Majhi from Orissa, Mr. Somaru Baiga from Chattisgarh, Mr. Venkateshwarulu from Vishakapattanam, Ms. Suman Koreti from Chattisgarh, Mr. Pablo Solon from Bolivia (exec. director, FOCUS)

Pratibha Ray

She was born on 21 January 1943, at Alabol, a remote village in the Balikuda area of Jagatsinghpur district formerly part of Cuttack district of Orissa state.

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.

Rameswarpur

The family direct bloodline relates to the Luminaries like Annada Shankar Ray whose father incidentally had shifted base to Dhenkanal, also in Orissa following a family feud.The Mahashays were famous for benevolent activities.

Ranjan Dash

Ranjan Dash was born in a Jhadua Brahmin family in Hillapalli village of Sambalpur district, Orissa in the year 1976 to parents Mrs Ambika Dash & Dr Benudhar Dash.

Richard Shweder

Shweder's main fieldwork outside the United States has been in the temple town of Bhubaneswar in the state of Orissa, India.

Sankarjang

Paul Yule, Early Historic Sites in Orissa (Delhi 2006), ISBN 81-89645-44-7

Santali cinema

Santali cinema has its presence in the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa, parts of Nepal, Jhapa District &Morang District, where the Santhal people live.

Satya Vrat Shastri

Satya Vrat Shastri was also the Vice-Chancellor of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri, Orissa, and a visiting professor at the Chulalongkorn and Silpakorn Universities in Bangkok, as well as the Northeast Buddhist University, Nongkhai, Thailand, the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, the Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium, and the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Shakti

A commonly accepted list of Shakti peethas and their famous temple complexes includes: Jwalaji (Himachal), Tara Tarini (Berhampur, Orissa), Katyayani (Chattarpur, Delhi), Kamakhya (Assam), Kali at Kalighat (Kolkata, West Bengal), Naina Devi (Himachal), Guhyeshwari Temple Devi (Kathmandu, Nepal), Vishalakshi Temple (Varanasi).

Snehasis Sur

He is a media educator and associated with Calcutta, Jadavpur, Burdwan, Viswa Bharati Universities and Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Orissa, and Bharatya Vidya Bhavan, Kolkata, as visiting lecturer.

Sudhir Pattnaik

Pattnaik has described Orissa as a "DFID colony", referring to the British Department for International Development (DFID).

Tipu Sultan Mosque

Gopal Krishna Gandhi who offered glass of juice to the fasters and later condemned attacks on Hindu temples in Pakistan and the attacks on Christian missionaries in Orissa and other parts of India.

Vedanta Resources

In respect of bauxite mines at Lanjigarh, Orissa, public interest litigations were filed in 2004 by Indian non-government organisations led by the People's Union for Civil Liberties to the supreme court sub-committee regarding the potential environmental impact of the mines.

Vincent Conçessao

He accused Chief Ministers such as Naveen Patnaik of Orissa of failing to do the minimum to protect the citizens of his state.


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