Cuttack District, India
1. Madhusudan Das (1848)
Poet Freedom Fighter
Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born on 28 April 1848 in a village called Satyabhamapur 20 kilometres from Cuttack Odisha. He was known as Utkal Gourab which means Pride of...
2. Nanda Kishore Bal (1875)
Indian Poet
Nanda Kishore Bal was an Indian poet of the era of initial modernity in Oriya poetry. He was born at Kusupur village in the Cuttack district of Odisha. He is...
3. Gopala Chandra Praharaj (1874)
Writer Lawyer
Gopala Chandra Praharaj was a writer and linguist in the Oriya language well known as the compiler of the Purnachandra Oriya Bhashakosha. He also contributed significantly to Oriya literature by...
4. Sitakant Mahapatra (1937)
Indian Writer
Sitakant Mahapatra is a notable Indian poet and literary critic in Oriya as well as English. He has also been in the Indian Administrative Service since 1961 until retiring in...