Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 100. Not illustrated. Chapters: Chief Ministers of Orissa, Governors of Orissa, Nabakrushna Choudhuri, Biju Patnaik, G. T. Boag, Nandini Satpathy, Naveen Patnaik, List of Governors of Orissa, Basappa Danappa Jatti, C. Rangarajan, Harekrushna Mahatab, Saiyid Nurul Hasan, V. P. Menon, List of Chief Ministers of Orissa, Kailash Nath Katju, Asaf Ali, Orissa High Court, Rameshwar Thakur, Raj Bhavan, Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Biswanath Das, Nilamani Routray, Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, Shri B. D. Sharma, Yagya Dutt Sharma, Hemananda Biswal, Harcharan Singh Brar, Bhim Sen Sachar, List of Governors of Bihar and Orissa, Western Odisha Development Council, Binayak Acharya, Biren Mitra, Sadashiva Tripathy. Excerpt: Nabakrushna Choudhuri was a politician and activist who served as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Orissa. He was born on 23 November 1901 at Cuttack, Orissa State, India. Son of the famous advocate Gokulananda Choudhuri, Nabakrushna had shown unusual talents during his childhood. He was very fond of games and sports. Noticing that he was devoting more time to games and sports, his father engaged a private tutor for him. Subsequently he studied at the Peary Mohan Academy and completed his studies leading to Matriculation Examination at the age of 14. He had to wait for two years and eventually passed the examination with a good division. In 1917, Nabakrushna Choudhuri took admission in the Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. At about this time his brother Gopabandhu Choudhury resigned from government service to serve the people of Orissa. That year the people of Russia had achieved victory by fighting against the oppressive king. This had a deep influence on Nabakrushna Choudhuri. One thought repeatedly came to his mind. When the people in the country are facing innumerable problems in dependent India, what is the use of studying ...