Krushna Chandra Gajapati

Krushna Chandra Gajapati , popularly known as Maharaja Sir Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayana Dev KCIE , was a key personality in the formation of an Independent Odisha State. He is regarded as the architect of the modern Odisha state. The present Gajapati District of Odisha was named after him. He was the Honorary Captain in the First World War.

Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Dev, the scion of the great Ganga Dynasty of Paralakhemundi, was born onApril 1892 to the King of Paralakhemundi Goura Chandra Gajapati and Radhamani Devi.

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