Cuttack in Odia,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. Cuttack is also the birthplace of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The city is categorised as a Tier-II city as per the ranking system used by Government of India.
The Odisha High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Odisha.
Nabakrushna Choudhuri 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.
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.
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 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.
Devdas Chhotray is an Indian Odia author,administrator and academician. He was the first vice-chancellor of Ravenshaw University,Cuttack,Odisha. His work consists of poetry,short stories,lyrics,musicals and screenplays. Chhotray's father Gopal Chhotray,a recipient of Padma,Central Sahitya Akademi and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award,was an architect of modern Odia theatre.
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.
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 will retire from the post till 70 years of age. He is former Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.
Madhusudan Law University formerly MS Law College is the oldest Law Institute and affiliating University 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).
Baidyanath Misra was an Indian economist,educationist,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.
Mohammed Afzal-ul Amin,popularly known as M.A. Amin,was an Indian statesman,politician and social worker from Cuttack,Odisha. He served as the general secretary of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee during Biren Mitra's chief ministership. Afzal-ul was the Vice Chairman and later the Chairman of Cuttack Municipality and also the President of Odisha Mohammadan Association. He played a major role in preserving Urdu language in Cuttack by establishing several lower primary and upper primary Urdu schools in the city. He is also credited for organising various nationalist meetings and for mobilizing the common masses in Cuttack during the Quit India movement of 1942.
Lingaraj Panigrahi was an Indian politician and former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. He is the father of Pramod Panigrahi,former Law Secretary of Government of Odisha.
