Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
There has been an age long demand from various organizations as well as from civil society for change of the Name from Orissa to Odisha and Oriya to Odia; Odisha Cabinet for the 1st time resolved a proposal in this regard in June 2008. The move was passed in the Odisha Assembly on 28 August 2008.
MCQ may refer to McQ, a 1974 crime action film; McQ Inc, an American defense company based in Pennsylvania; Mathematical Citation Quotient, a measure of the impact of a mathematics journal; Multiple choice question; Malvern College Qingdao; IATA code for Miskolc Airport; McQ, a clothing line from Alexander McQueen (brand)
The capital was later moved to the Guheshvarapataka (modern Jajpur) after the conquest of the Bhauma-Kara kingdom, following which it was renamed to Abhinava-Yayatinagara (the new city of Yayati). Yayati I is credited with building of a new temple at Puri, and installing the image of Purushottama (Jagannatha) there.
Following this, large-scale irrigation projects were undertaken. [58] In 1903, the Utkal Sammilani organisation was founded to demand the unification of Odia-speaking regions into one state. [59] On 1 April 1912, the Bihar and Orissa Province was formed. [60] On 1 April 1936, Bihar and Orissa were split into separate provinces. [61]
One of the great writers in the 20th century was Pandit Krushna Chandra Kar (1907–1995) from Cuttack, who wrote many books for children like Pari Raija, Kuhuka Raija, Panchatantra, Adi Jugara Galpa Mala, etc. He was last felicitated by the Sahitya Academy in 1971–72 for his contributions to Odia literature, development of children's fiction ...
Bihar and Orissa was a province of British India, [1] which included the present-day Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and parts of Odisha.The territories were conquered by the British in the 18th and 19th centuries, and were governed by the then Indian Civil Service of the Bengal Presidency, the largest administrative subdivision in British India.
Three years later, Hyderabad State was annexed and combined with Andhra State and it was renamed Andhra Pradesh on 1 November 1956. Travancore–Cochin to Kerala (change effective from 1 November 1956) Madras State to Tamil Nadu (change effective from 14 January 1969) Mysore State to Karnataka (change effective from 1 November 1973)
One can enjoy these fireworks displays, which make the sky all the more stunning. On that day all across the country, the family of Odia arranges various cultural programs like a sing-song program. Utkala Dibasa is the day of remembrance for all Odia people who helped everybody to be united.