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In 1866, Odisha was struck with a great famine, called Na Anka Durvikhya [107] (literally the nine number famine) locally. [108] The death toll has been estimated to be about one million spread across different regions. [109] During the famine, Babu Bichitrananda Das and Gouri Shankar Roy decided to publish a magazine in Odia.
The Barika or Bhandari (also known as Baja, Nai, Napita in different area) is an Indian caste found from Odisha State [1] in India. Traditionally they are barbers by profession. Their service is indispensable on the occasion of marriage, birth and death. They are also required for carrying luggage bags of bride and groom in Hindu weddings.
Odisha also records a birth rate of 23.2 per 1,000 people annually, a death rate of 9.1 per 1,000, an infant mortality rate of 65 per 1,000 live births. [127] In 2011-2013, Odisha recorded a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 222 per 100,000 live births, according to a report by NITI Aayog.
This is a list of Indian states by life expectancy at birth. The figures come from the Human Development Index Report, published in 2011, by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India [ 5 ] and Sample Registration Survey (SRS) based life table 2010–14.
Jayi Rajaguru was born on 29 October 1739 (occasion of Anla nabami as per the Odia calendar) in Biraharekrushnapur, near Puri, Odisha [5] to a Brahmin family, father Chandra Rajaguru and mother Haramani Debi.
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]
The Gajapatis of Odisha ruled a vast land comprising parts of Bengal, Andhra, and Odisha. [20] Krishnadevaraya's success at Ummatur provided the necessary impetus to carry his campaign into the coastal Andhra region, which was under the control of the Gajapati king Prataparudra Deva. The Vijayanagara army laid siege to the Udayagiri fort in ...
Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur, Odisha is named after him. In September 2018 Jharsuguda became the second city in Odisha to have an airport, which was named in honour of Sai. VSS (Veer Surendra Sai) Market Complex has been made in his honour at Chhend Colony of Rourkela, Odisha.