Cuttack,is the former capital and the second largest city in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised form of the Odia and Sanskrit name Kataka which literally means The Fort,a reference to the ancient Barabati Fort around which the city initially developed. Cuttack is known as the Millennium City as well as the Silver City due to its history of 1000 years and famous silver filigree works. The Orissa High Court is located there. It is the commercial capital of Odisha which hosts many trading and business houses in and around the city. Cuttack is famous for its Durga Puja which is one of the most important festivals of Odisha. The city is categorised as a Tier-II city as per the ranking system used by Government of India.
The Orissa High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Odisha.
Ravenshaw University, formerly known as Ravenshaw College,is a co-educational state university situated in Cuttack,Odisha on the eastern coast of India. Founded as Ravenshaw College in 1868,the institution became a university in 2006. The university has nine schools,thirty three academic departments and a student enrolment of nearly 8,000. It is one of the oldest educational institutes in the country and its history is synonymous with the history of modern Odisha.
Gopabandhu Das (1877–1928),popularly known as Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das,was a social worker,reformer,political activist,journalist,poet and essayist.
Ranganath Mishra was the 21st Chief Justice of India,serving from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He also served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from the Congress Party between 1998 and 2004. He is the second Supreme court judge to become a Rajya Sabha member after Baharul Islam who was also elected as Indian National Congress member.
Bishwanath Das named after birth as Biswanath Dash was a politician,lawyer and philanthropist from India. He was the prime minister of Odisha Province of British India 1937–39,the governor of Uttar Pradesh 1962–67 and later the chief minister of Odisha 1971–72.
Ananga Kumar Patnaik is an Indian jurist and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Madhusudan Das was an Indian lawyer and social reformer,who founded Utkal Sammilani in 1903 to campaign for the unification of Odisha along with its social and industrial development. He was one of the prominent figure,helping in the creation of Orissa Province,which was established on 1 April 1936. He was also the first graduate and advocate of Orissa. He is also known as Kulabruddha,Madhu Babu,and Utkal Gouraba. In Odisha,his birthday is celebrated as the Lawyers' Day on 28 April.
Ravenshaw Collegiate School is the oldest High School of Odisha which was established in 1851 by Thomas Edward Ravenshaw in the District of Cuttack in Odisha,India. It was one of three institutions founded by Ravenshaw,the other two being the Ravenshaw Girls' School and the Ravenshaw College,the latter now having become Ravenshaw University.
Pandit Nilakantha Das (1884-1967) was one of the most illustrious sons of Odisha,who appeared both in its political and literary arena at the most crucial period of its history,when Odisha had no political identity in the map of India,and Odia as a language was about to be extinct. He worked relentlessly for Odisha's recognition both politically and linguistically,and helped bring to fruition the dreams of Utkala Gaurab Madhusudan Das,Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das and all other Odia loving people.
Sarangadhar Das (1886—1957) was an Indian nationalist revolutionary and Orissa politician. Das fought against the feudal chiefs in Orissa and,post-independence,was a member of India's Constituent Assembly,a Member of Parliament,and a leader of the Socialist Party.
Sailabala Das was a social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies.
Bira Kishore Ray was an Indian judge who was the first Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.
Gati Krushna Misra was the seventh Chief Justice of Orissa High Court,from 1 May 1969 to 30 October 1975. On 1 May 1969,he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and worked as such for more than six years.
Amiya Kumari Padhi was an eminent Indian jurist and the first woman to serve as a judge of the Odisha High Court. She was also the Odisha High Court representative under the Indian National Security Act.
Pratap Jena is an Indian politician and the Former Cabinet Minister in the Sixteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly with Panchayati Raj &Drinking Water,Law,Housing &Urban Development portfolios (2019–2022). He is elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly for the fifth consecutive time from Mahanga constituency of Kendrapara. He is also the General secretary of the farmers wing of Biju Janata Dal,Biju Krushak Janata Dal. Earlier,he had served as the Minister of School and Mass Education during his third term (2009–2012) and as the Minister of Health &Family Welfare,Law and Information &Public Relations in his fourth term (2017–2019) in the assembly.
Pradip Kumar Mohanty is an Indian attorney and Jurist currently serving as a Judicial Member of Lokpal Committee since 23 March 2019. He retired from the post on 23 March 2024. He is former Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.
Madhusudan Law University formerly Madhusudan Law College is the oldest Law Institute of the State of Odisha. The college is situated at Municipal Colony in Cuttack in the Indian state of Odisha. It offers 3 years LL.B.(Hons.),5 years Integrated B.A.,LL.B.(Hons) and 2 years LL.M. course approved from Bar Council of India (BCI).
Sayeed Mohammed was an Indian Odia educationist,freedom fighter and philanthropist. In 1913,he founded the Moslem Seminary at Cuttack,which is regarded as the second nationalist school of Odisha. Sayeed is known for his activism against the British in the early 1900s. He was one of the prominent members of the Utkal Sammilani. In 1922,Sayeed along with Ekram Rasul co-founded the All Odisha Khilafat Committee,in the wake of the non-cooperation movement in India.
Baidyanath Misra was an Indian economist,educator,author,and administrator from the state of Odisha. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology,Deputy-Chairman of Odisha State Planning Board,Chairman of Odisha's First State Finance Commission,Secretary of Odisha State Welfare Board,founder Secretary and President of Orissa Economics Association,and the founder Director and Chairman of Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies. He wrote 16 books in English and 20 in Odia. He was also a columnist in several leading Odia journals and newspapers. He organised several camps across Odisha,for helping the cause of the poor and downtrodden.
