Satyanarayan Rajguru

Satyanarayana Rajguru (1903-1997) was an Indian litterateur, epigraphist and historian. He was a curator and epigraphist at the Odisha State Museum and was a recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award,

Biography Born on 19 August 1903 to Harikrushna Rajguru and Sunamani Devi During his tenure there, he was associated with the activities of Utkal Sammilani and assisted Krushna Chandra Gajapati in the formation of Odisha state in 1937; he is known to have submitted a thesis on the state reorganization. and is credited with findings on the early of life of Jayadeva, the thirteenth century Sanskrit poet and the author of Gita Govinda. He translated The Palanquin Bearers, a poem by Sarojini Naidu into Odia language under the name, Palinki Bahaka

Mo Jeevana Sangrama (autobiography) Swapane Chumban Janani Utkal Radhavisek Odia Lipira Krama Bikash History of Gangas The Korasanda Copper Plate Grant of Visakhavarmma History of Eastern Gangas of Kalinga Heirographic Letters of Naraj The Odras and their Predominency The Historical Research in Orissa The Konduli Copper Plate Grant of Narasimha Deva of Saka 1305 Sumandal Plates of Dharmaraj Ranpur plates of Dharmaraja Historical Background of Gopinath & Radha Krishna Oriya Inscription on a Stone Image South Indian Inscriptions

Satyanarayana Rajguru died on 11 June 1997 at the age of 93, his wife Taramani Devi preceding him in death by one year. He was also a recipient of Bharati Bhushan award from Andhra Mahasabha, Ganjam Sahitya Sammilani award (1968) and Odisha Sahitya Academy award (1968).