Maharaja Krushnachandra Gajapati - The pride of Odisha

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Maharaja Krushnachandra gajapati



Maharaja was born on 26th April 1892 in the royal family of Paralakhemundi belong to the Ganga dynasty of Puri.His father Sri Gourachandra Gajapati Narayan Deo (2nd) was an able leader and a good ruler.At the age of 12 only, Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati has lost his father.As he was the minor, the Zamindari of Paralakhemundi was transferred to Mr. N. Macmichale, ICS agent to the Court of Wards .His Primary education was started in a local Maharaja School.After that he has got himself admitted into Newington residential College at Madras for higher studies.At the age of 21,he became the king of Ganjam on 26th April 1913.The Princes of Kharsuan was his Queen.

(Mkcg medical college in Berhampur)


Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati had been dreaming of the new Odisha dream since that time.In ganjam district the MKCG medical college and Parala Maharaja engineering college was named for maharaja's respect.he was the main face of the south Odisha and also Odisha for his modern Odisha dream.

                   


Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati, Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das, Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das, Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati, Fakir Mohan Senapati and other eminent members of Utkal Sammilani demanded a separate Odisha state with an amalgamation of Oriya speaking areas in the then Orissa-Bihar-Bengal province.
Finally, with the effort of Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati and Utkal Sammilani, the separate state of United Odisha was formed on 1 April 1936.From that day, 1 April is celebrated by the Oriya people as Utkal Divas. Gajapati's own state of Paralekhemidi in Vizagapatam district was partitioned into two – with the capital and most of the princely state coming under Orissa and the remaining Telugu-majority areas remained in Madras Presidency. In 1937, the first Governor of Odisha, Sir John Austin Hubback invited Krushna Chandra Gajapati Dev to form the cabinet. Shri Gajapati was the first Prime Minister of the Odisha state from 1 April 1937 to 18 July 1937. He was the Prime Minister of Odisha for the second time from 24 November 1941 to 30 June 1944.

(Maharaja with British rulers)


Shri Krushna Chandra Gajapati was an Honorary Captain in the First World War. He received a rare Sanad in 1920 from the then Viceroy and Governor General of India, in recognition of his services rendered to the Indian Army during the Great War and as a mark of commendation. He was a Member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture, under the Chairmanship of Lord Linlithgow. He was also a Member of the Madras Legislative Council.

    (Maharaja's palace in paralakhemundi )

He was awarded honorary Doctorates by the Utkal University and the Berhampur University, and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1946 New Year Honours.He was one of the founding fathers of the Indian Constitution, being a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India. His contribution to horse-racing and his encouragement for horse-breeding in India are notable.

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