Orissa

In 2015, Nabarangpur was counted among the most backward districts in India. Today, the district has risen above those odds to become a fast developing one, all thanks to IAS Rashmita Panda's brilliant ideas!

"This attention I am getting is not deserved. I am not the only one in the country helping accident victims. I encourage people to take advantage of the Good Samaritan law," a humble IPS Saravana Vivek M shared

“From the findings of the excavation it can be concluded that the habitation was an urban settlement belonging to the Mauryan to Kushan period, which was about 2300 years back. The imperial coins with punch marks were issued during the Mauryan and Magadhan period.”

“By the end of the second century BC, Indian mariners appear to have learned enough about the monsoon winds and ocean currents to attempt a more southern route across the Indian Ocean to the islands of Indonesia. Odisha’s Lake Chilika was an important starting point for this voyage.”

"A storm surge of the height of about 1.0 meter above astronomical tide is very likely to inundate low lying areas of Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh; Ganjam, Khurda and Puri districts of Odisha at the time of landfall."

During the freedom struggle, he was jailed plenty of times. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose referred to Gopabandhu as the ‘father of national movement in Odisha’.

The dancing cop in Bhubaneswar, has managed to get people to follow rules.

From breaking barriers of untouchability to building modern-day Odisha, Harekrushna Mahatab left behind a truly remarkable legacy. Yet few Indians know about this freedom fighter. It's time this changed. #ForgottenHeroes

The 12-year old Baji Rout hailed from Odisha, where he stood up against the British and lost his life.

A social media post showing 500 people marching in procession, playing drums and hugging the 32-year-old doctor, while bidding him goodbye is going viral!