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Odisha (English: / ə ˈ d ɪ s ə /, [17] Odia: ⓘ), formerly Orissa ([18] the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area, and the eleventh-largest by population, with over 41 million inhabitants. The state also has the third-largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India. [19]
History of South Asia. The history of Odisha begins in the Lower Paleolithic era, as Acheulian tools dating to the period have been discovered in various places in the region. [1] The early history of Odisha can be traced back to writings found in ancient texts like the Mahabharata, Maha Govinda Sutta and some Puranas.
Wildlife population. v. t. e. This is a list of the states and union territories of India ranked in order of number of children born for each woman. Recent surveys show that in majority of Indian states, fertility rate has fallen well below the replacement level of 2.1 and the country is fast approaching the replacement level itself. [ 1]
Biju Patnaik. Bijayananda Patnaik (5 March 1916 – 17 April 1997) was an Indian politician and aviator. He served as the 3rd Chief Minister of the State of Odisha from 1961 to 1963 and from 1990 to 1995.
Naveen Patnaik ( Odia: [n̪ɔbin̪ pɔʈn̪ajk]; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. His 24-year reign is the second longest for a chief minister of any Indian state, after Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim. He is the first president of the Biju Janata Dal ...
Krishnadevaraya. Kannada inscription, dated 1513 CE, of Krishnadevaraya at the Krishna temple in Hampi describes his victories against the Gajapati Kingdom of Odisha. Krishnadevaraya (17 January 1471 — 17 October 1529) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire reigning from 1509 to 1529. He was the third monarch of the Tuluva dynasty, and is ...
Kalicharan Pattnaik. Akshaya Mohanty. Bhikari Bal. Arabinda Muduli. Krishna Beura. Pratyush Prakash. Sarbeswar Bhoi. Sikandar Alam [1] [2] [3] Sniti Mishra.
The Buddhist tradition regards Lumbini to be the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, in accord with the Jataka-tales and a 6,5 meters high pillar, erected there by King Ashoka in 245 BCE. [1] This is most likely Lumbini, present-day Nepal, which lays close to Tilaurakot and Piprahwa. Based on stone-inscriptions, Lumbei, Kapileswar-village, at the ...