Naveen Patnaik is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal,a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha and as of 2021,one of the longest-serving chief ministers of any Indian state,holding the post for over two decades,and only the third Indian chief Minister after Pawan Chamling and Jyoti Basu to win five consecutive terms as Chief Minister of an Indian state.
Kotpad is a town and a notified area committee in Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. Nearest railway station to Kotpad is Kotpad Road station which is a part of East Coast railway.
Dilip Ray is an Indian politician and hotelier from the state of Odisha. He was formerly Union Minister of Steel,Coal and Parliamentary Affairs. Ray is the only Odia parliamentarian to be part of the Ministry of three Prime Ministers. He is the founder and CMD of Mayfair Group of Hotels,largely based in eastern India.
The politics of Odisha are part of India's federal parliamentary representative democracy,where the union government exercises sovereign rights. Certain powers are reserved to the states,including Odisha. The state has a multi-party system,in which the two main parties are the Indian National Congress (INC) and the regional,socialist Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also gained ground.
Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.
Narasingha Mishra is a politician from Odisha,India. He was the Leader of Opposition in the 15th Odisha Legislative Assembly.
A Sambalpuri sari is a traditional handwoven ikat or sari wherein the warp and the weft are tie-dyed before weaving. It is produced in the Sambalpur,Balangir,Bargarh,Boudh and Sonepur districts of Odisha,India. The sari is a traditional female garment in the Indian subcontinent consisting of a strip of unstitched cloth ranging from four to nine metres in length that is draped over the body in various styles.
Maharaja Sir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo KCIE was an Indian politician and the last ruler of the princely state of Patna in Odisha before Indian independence in 1947. He was the President of the Ganatantra Parishad political party from 1950 to 1962 and the President of the Odisha state unit of the Swatantra Party after its merger with the Ganatantra Parishad in 1962. He was the Chief Minister of Orissa from 1967 to 1971.
Barchana or Badchana is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jajpur district,Odisha. Area of this constituency include Barachana block.
Kantabanji is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district,Odisha.
Umerkote is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nabarangpur district,Odisha.
Kotpad is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district,Odisha.
Sarojini Hembram is an Indian politician from the Odisha state. She belongs to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party. She was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Bangriposi in 2009 and became the minister for textile,handlooms and handicrafts in the Odisha Government. She was elected to the Rajya Sabha the Upper house of Indian Parliament in 2014 from Odisha.
Habaspuri is a cotton-based traditional handloom textiles of Odisha,India. Habaspuri sari is a major product of this textile. The Kondha weavers of Chicheguda,Kalahandi district,Odisha are originally attributed for weaving of the Habaspuri fabric. For its uniqueness in weaving,design and production,it has been identified as one of the 14 Geographical Indications of Odisha. The textile has traditional patterns of the region like kumbha (temple),fish and flowers.
Kotpad Handloom is a vegetable-dyed fabric woven by the tribal weavers of the Mirgan community of Kotpad village in Koraput district,Odisha,India. Cotton sarees with solid border and Pata Anchal,duppatta with typical Buties / motifs,Scolrfs on cotton,silk,handloom stoles,and dress materials are all dyed with organic dyes. The natural dye is manufactured from the aul tree grown in this area. The Kotpad tussar silk saree with tribal art and Kotpad handloom fabrics with natural color is its specialty.
Biswanath Rath is an Indian film director,screenwriter,editor and producer. His films have received Awards and Recognitions in a total of 314 International Film Festivals. He is the founder of Production company BnR Films LLP.
Pramod Sawant is an Indian politician who is the 13th and current Chief Minister of Goa. Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Gobardhan Panika is an Indian master weaver of Kotpad handloom a traditional tribal craft. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri,in 2018,for his contributions to the art of weaving.
The 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2019,along with the 2019 Indian general election. The term of the assembly elected in 2014 had expired on 24 May 2019.
Sanjib Kumar Mallick is an Indian politician belongs to Odisha. He is active with Biju Janata Dal in Odisha politics. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Bhadrak Vidhan Sabha constituency in the 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. He defeated Pradip Nayak of Bharatiya Janata Party in a margin of 33,389 votes.
