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Jagatsinghpur
Jagatsinghpur is a city and a municipality in Jagatsinghpur district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is also the headquarters of Jagatsinghpur district. It got the recognition as a new district on 1 April 1993 formerly it was a sub-division of cuttack district. Paradip Port, Oil refinery and fertilizer factory are located in Jagatsinghpur district. Devi, Alaka, Biluakhai, Kusumi, Hansua, Kuanria and Lunijhara rivers belong to this district. 1999 odissa Super cyclone over 8,000 deaths occurred in Jagatsinghpur. Geography Jagatsinghapur is at . It has an average elevation of 15 metres (49 feet). History Jagatsinghpur District came into existence on 1 April 1993. Before that, it was a part of the old Cuttack District which was divided into four new districts. It is surrounded by the districts of Kendrapara, Cuttack, Khorda, Puri and Bay of Bengal. Transportation The nearest railway station from Jagatsinghpur town is Gorakhnath Station which is about 10 km from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagatsinghpur District
Jagatsinghpur District is one of the thirty districts of Odisha in the eastern coast of India. It became a new district on 1 April 1993 (Vide Government Notification No.14218/R dated 27.03.1993 and EOG No.459 dated 01.04.1993) being separated from Cuttack district. It lies between 860 3’ E to 860 45’ East longitude and between 19058' to 20023' north latitude. Its ancient name was Hariharapur. The city of Jagatsinghpur is the district headquarters. With 88.5% rate of male literacy and 68.5% of female literacy, the district ranks better than the national average in literacy and is one of the developed districts in Odisha. The district tops the list in male literacy and second in female literacy rate in Odisha. Deltaic and partly littoral; the district of Jagatsinghpur is triangular in shape and small in geographical proportions. It is the smallest district in the state and covers a landmass of 1759 km2. It has a history of its own dating back to the 6th century AD, havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradip
Paradeep, also spelt Paradip (originally Paradweep, also spelt Paradwip), is a major seaport city and municipality, from Jagatsinghpur city in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. Paradeep Municipality was constituted as an NAC on 27 September 1979 and converted into a Municipality on 12 December 2002. Paradeep (210 15’ 55-44" N 806 40’ 34-62" E) is the main outlet and inlet of the seaborne trade of the eastern port. It also signaled the economic development of the state, giving impetus to trade and commerce. It has become the gateway of Odisha to the International community. Paradeep has become a hub of industrial activities. Industries like IFFCO, Paradeep Phosphates Limited, CARGILL, IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, Carbon etc. have been established here. From an administrative view point, Paradeep N.A.C. was constituted vide H & U.D. Department Notification No. 31169, dated 27 September 1979, and became functional with effect from 18 September 1980. Subsequently, Paradeep N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarala Temple
The Maa Sarala Temple is a Hindu temple in the district of Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India. It is one of the eight most famous Shakta shrines of Odisha. In Hindu culture, 'Maa Sarala' (Mother Sarala) is a Goddess who acts as a patron of the followers of Vaishnav and Shakta. It is rare for a single deity to straddle both of these Hindu denominations. She is sometimes suspected to be a Buddhist tantric figure, as she holds a book, Veena and handbell, which are Mahayana symbols. Goddess Sarala is also known as ''Vak Devi'', the Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom, and ''Jhankad Vaasini Sharada''. Folklore regarding the goddess goes back to thousands of years, to the age of ''Parashurama''. It is said that it was the god ''Parashurama'' who carved the goddess with the tip of his arrow. The worship of the Goddess is said to have been popularized in the 15th century CE by ''Sidheshwar Parida'', a small-time farmer and part-time Odia '' Paika''. He was an ardent follower of the Goddess, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India. It neighbours the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. Odisha has a coastline of along the Bay of Bengal in Indian Ocean. The region is also known as Utkala and is also mentioned in India's national anthem, " Jana Gana Mana". The language of Odisha is Odia, which is one of the Classical Languages of India. The ancient kingdom of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka (which was again won back from them by King Kharavela) in 261 BCE resulting in the Kalinga War, coincides with the borders of modern-day Odisha. The modern boundaries of Odisha were demarcated by the British Indian government when Orissa Province wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Nabakrushna Choudhuri (23 November 1901 – 24 June 1984) was an Indian politician and activist. He served as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Odisha. He was a freedom fighter who participated in the Non-cooperation Movement, the Civil Disobedience movement, and the Peasants movement. Early life Nabakrushna Choudhuri was born to Gokulananda Choudhuri at the village of Kherasa, Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha. His father belonged to a Zamindari family and was an accomplished advocate. Nabakrushna Choudhuri studied at the Pyari Mohan Academy, Cuttack. He completed his studies for to Matriculation Examination at the age of 15 but had to wait for a year due to age restriction. In 1917, joined the Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. His brother Gopabandhu Choudhuri resigned from British government service to work in social service. Also later that year Bolshevik revolution happened. These events had an influence. In 1921 he left the Ravenshaw College along with few of his classmates, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopal Chhotray
Gopal Chhotray (1916–2003) was born in Puranagarh village of Jagatsinghpur district in Bihar and Orissa Province, India. He is considered to be one of the chief architects of modern Oriya theatre. He brought in significant changes in the morphology of Oriya plays, both in theme and structure. He rescued them from the hold of opera and melodrama, and the overbearing influence of neighbouring Bengal. Gopal Chhotray dominated the Oriya professional theatre for more than three decades. Beginning with Pheria (Come Back) in 1946, he wrote more than 15 original stage plays and 8 adaptations of eminent Oriya novels, most of which were runaway success in professional stage. There were days, when both the professional theaters of Cuttack, holding daily shows, used to stage his plays concurrently. Apart from adapting works of eminent Odia novelists like Upendra Kishore Das (Mala Janha), Basanta Kumari Patnaik (Amadabata), Kanhu Charana Mohanty (Jhanja) and former Chief Minister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamata Dash
Mamata Dash (''nee'' Mohapatra ; born 4 October 1947) is an Odia poet, writer and translator. She was awarded the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for her poetry collection ''Ekatra Chandrasurya''. Early life Dash was born on 4 October 1947 at Jagatsinghpur Jagatsinghpur is a city and a municipality in Jagatsinghpur district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is also the headquarters of Jagatsinghpur district. It got the recognition as a new district on 1 April 1993 formerly it was a sub-division of .... Her father Ramachandra Mohapatra was a doctor. Her mother was Pankajmala. She had four sisters and three brothers. Her early education came at Jagatsinghpur before she moved to Ravenshaw Girls School, Cuttack. She started writing at age of nine. Works Poetry collections * ''Naimisharanya'' * ''Ekatra chandrasurjya'' * *''Nila Nirbapana'' *''Hirabyabarna'' *''Shubhradhara'' *''Mayandhakara'' *''Shunya chitrayana'' Stories *Anya Jagatara Sakala *Antarala Drushya *Arundhatira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratibha Ray
Pratibha Ray (born 21 January 1944) is an Indian academic and writer of Odia-language novels and stories. For her contribution to the Indian literature, Ray received the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2022. Life and career 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 Odisha state. She was the first woman to win the Moortidevi Award in 1991. Her first novel ''Barsha Basanta Baishakha'' (1974) was a best seller. Her search for a "social order based on equality, love, peace and integration", continues, since she first penned at the age of nine. When she wrote for a social order, based on equality without class, caste, religion or sex discriminations, some of her critics branded her as a communist, and some as feminist. But she says: "I am a humanist. Men and women have been created differently for the healthy functioning of society. The specialities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradip Port
Paradip Port is a natural, deep-water port on the East coast of India in Paradip, just from Jagatsinghpur city in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. It is at the confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal, south of Kolkata and north of Visakhapatnam. The port is administered by the Paradip Port Authority (PPA)(formerly Paradip Port Trust), an autonomous corporation wholly owned by the Government of India. History Paradip is one of the major ports of India and the only major port in Odisha. Biju Patnaik, the then Chief Minister of Odisha, is the founding father of Paradip Port. It is situated 210 nautical miles south of Kolkata and 260 nautical miles north of Vishakhapatnam on the east coast on the shore of Bay of Bengal. Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of the port on 3 January 1962 near the confluence of the river Mahanadi and the Bay of Bengal. Government of India took over the management of the port from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibhuti Patnaik
Bibhuti Pattnaik (born 25 October 1937) is an Odia novelist and columnist. Entered as a college lecturer in the Dept.of Odia Language and literature in the year 1970 and retired as a Reader, in the year 1995. Literary creations He has more than 150 books to his credit. * Abhimana (Novel) * Achinha Akash (novel) * Adima aranya * Adina Barsha * Adina shrabana * Aei gaon aie mati, * Aei Mana ekanta Adima (novel) * Agneyagirire Bana Bhoji * Akasha Kusuma (novel) * Andharkarra sidi * Aneka tarara ratri * Annya Eka Varatabarsha * Asabarna * Ashok banara sita * Aswamedhara Ghoda (novel) * Athaa Kathi (novel) * Badhu Nirupama (novel) * Bandi jajabara * Barnamala * Baula Phulara Basna * Bhala jhia kharap jhia * Bidayabela * Chahala Pnira Dheu * Chapala Chhanda * Chhabira Manisha * Chhaya Chandrika * Dagdha Phulabana (novel) * Debakira karabasa * Dekha Heba Anyadina (novel) * Dhuli ghara * Dina Jae Chinha Rahe (novel) * Dina Kala (novel) * Dipasikha * Dipatalara drushya * Dipata sankha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prana Krushna Parija
Prana Krushna Parija OBE (1 April 1891 – 2 June 1978; born in Jagatsinghpur district) was an Indian botanist. His research work comprised mainly fundamental and applied aspects of plant physiology, experimental plant morphology, and ecological studies of plant environment. He studied water hyacinth and other aquatic weeds, respiration in leaves and apples, transpiration and heat resistance in plants, rice and algae and storage of apples. He served as a vice chancellor of Utkal University. He worked as a principal in Ravenshaw University (formerly Ravenshaw College), Cuttack Pro Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Vice-Chancellor of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. The "Parija Library" of the university is named after him. He was President of the Indian Science Congress Association in 1960. He was an elected member of the first Odisha Legislative Assembly. Awards and recognitions * ''Fearnsides Scholarship'' (1918), Christ's College, Cambridge, a scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of India
A district ('' zila'') is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions, and in others directly into ''tehsils'' or ''talukas''. , there are a total of 766 districts, up from the 640 in the 2011 Census of India and the 593 recorded in the 2001 Census of India. District officials include: * District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner or District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, in charge of administration and revenue collection *Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, responsible for maintaining law and order *Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service, entrusted with the management of the forests, environment and wildlife of the district Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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