Odisha has culinary tradition spanning centuries if not millennia. Subhas Chandra Bose affectionately called as Netaji was one of the conspicuous leader of Indian freedom struggle.He was born on 18th january 1897 at Cuttack,odisha.His father Janaki Nath Bose was a famous lawer and his mother Prabhavati Devi was a religious lady.Subhas Chandra Bose was the ninth child among the fourteen children.In 1902 he was admitted to the Protestan Europian School.In 1913 he got the second position in the matriculation. Birsa Munda:īirsa Munda was an Indian freedom fighter and a tribal leader who seditioned against the British rule.He was an Indian tribal freedom fighter spiritual leader and clan hero who belonged to Munda tribe.Birsa Munda was born in 15th Nov 1875 at Ulihatu,Ranchi District.Ulihatu was the birth place of Sugana Munda who was father of Birsha Munda.His elder brother Komta Munda living in the village.Birsa's father ,mother Karmi hatu and younger brother,Pasna munda left Ulihatu and travelled to Kurumbda near Birbank in search of job as labourers.At Kurmunda his elder brother Komta,and his sister Daskir were born.Then the family moved to Bamba where Birsa's elder sister Champa was born.Birsa'early year were spent with his parents at chalked. The percentage of literacy in the state is 73.45 percent as per as the 2011 census.The state enlists 124 urban units including 102 statutory census towns.They have either a municipality or a N.A.C.Only seven cities have a population of one lakh and more.The work force of the state consists of 37.5 percent of population out of which 32.7 percent are main workers and 4.8 percent are marginal.The states are economy being primarily agriculture based,majority of the work force is composed of cultivators and agricultural labourers,their percentage being 42.2 and 28.9 respectively.The rest rae engaged in cottage industries and other occupations.īaji Rout is the youngest martyr of India.Baji Rout was the youngest son of Hari Rout who was a boat man of the river Brahmani.After his father's death he was brought up by his mother who was thriving on wages earned by rice-husking in neighbourhood.When veer Baisnav hoisted a banner of mutiny against the king and founded prajamandal,Baji joined it in defiance of delicate age.British and the armed forces of king were in search of Veer Baisnav. It came into existence as a separate province on 1st April 1936.Its position among the states of India is ninth in area and eleventh in population.Its area covers 4.74 percent of country's total area whereas its population accounts for 3.47 percent of the country's population.The average density of population is 269 per square kilometre as against average national figure of 382.The sex ratio of the state is 978 women per every 1000 men whereas at the all-India level it is 940.Ībout 85 percent of Odisha's population live in villages.The districts of Kandhamal,Mayurbhanj and Kalahandi are mostly rural having a rural population of about 94 percent.Only 15 percent of Odisha's inhabitants live in towns and cities. The elevation ranges from 610 to 1068 metres. Morphologically this region can be divided into followin units : (a) Simulia and Meghasan mountains (b) Baitarani and Brahmani interfluous (c) The water shed between Brahmani and Mahanadi (d) The water shed of Rushikulya and Vansadhara. The valleys are fertile, well-drained and densely populated. In this region data to be referred and broad valleys are cut by Baitarani,Brahmani,Mahanadi,Rushikulya & Vansadhara rivers. This region is a part of Indian peninsula. The mountains region of Odisha covers about three fourth area of the state. Morphologically the geography of Odisha can be divided into five parts: the coastal plains,the middle mountainous country,the rolling upland,the river valleys and the subdued plateaus. Odisha extends from 17 degree 49-N to 22 degree 34-N latitude and from 81 degree 27-E to 87degree 29-E longitudes at eastern coast of India.It is surrounded by West Bengal at the north-east,Jharkhand at the north,Chhatisgarh at the west,Andhra Pradesh at the south and Bay of Bengal at the east.