Ganjam district is a district in the Indian state of Odisha. Ganjam's total area is 8,206 km²(3,168 mi²). The district headquarters is Chhatrapur. Ganjam is divided into three sub-divisions Chhatrapur,Berhampur,and Bhanjanagar. The Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908 lists Ganjam,along with the Thanjavur and South Canara districts,as the three districts of the Madras Presidency where Brahmins were most numerous. As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Odisha.
Surada is a town and a Notified Area Council in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha.
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 nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the regional,socialist Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The Indian National Congress (INC) has also significant presence.
Dharakot is a semi-urban village and former zamindari estate in Dharakot Community Development Block of Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha.
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.
Aska is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Kabisuryanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district.
Sundargarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district.Area of this constituency includes Sundargarh,Sundargarh block,Tangarpali block,Hemgiri block and seven Gram panchayats of Lephripada block.
Bolangir is a constituency of the Vidhan Sabha in Odisha,India. This seats falls under Bolangir District of Odisha State in India. Bolangir seat is a unreserved seat of Odisha Legislative Assembly. This constituency includes Balangir block and Deogaon block.
Patnagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district,Odisha.
Chhatrapur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Chikiti is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Sanakhemundi is a constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Odisha in Ganjam district,Odisha,India.
Dharmagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district,Odisha.
Adruti Laxmibai was an Indian freedom movement activist and politician. She received her bachelor's degree from Dayacician College in Calcutta and later enrolled to study medicine at the Christian Medical College in Vellore. She was elected for the Berhampur constituency in 1937 and 1946 and was the deputy speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly,formerly known as Orissa,in 1946. She notably introduced a policy of free education for girls in Odisha.
V. Sugnana Kumari Deo was an Indian politician from Odisha. She was first elected to state assembly in 1963 and won a total of 10 times in her political career. Deo belonged to the royal family of Khallikote and was the daughter-in-law of Raja Ramchandra Mardaja Deo. She was the Pro-tem speaker of the 15th Odisha assembly. Deo died on 10 February 2024,at the age of 87.
Nandini Devi is an Indian politician who served as Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Sanakhemundi Assembly constituency. In 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election,she beat Ramesh Chandra Jena with 47.90% or 61,773 votes. She was the runner up for 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.
Kishore Chandra Singh Deo was an Indian politician who served as Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Surada Assembly constituency.
Ananta Narayan Singh Deo was an Indian ruler and politician who served as Member of 9th Lok Sabha from Aska Lok Sabha constituency,13th Leader of Opposition in Odisha Legislative Assembly from Surada Assembly constituency,Deputy Minister for Industries,Commerce,Community Development and Panchayat Raj in Cabinet of Odisha and Raja of Dharakote Estate.
Ratnaprava Devi also known as Ratnaprabha Debi,was a politician and writer from Odisha,India. She was the member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1961.
