Krushna Chandra Gajapati KCIE (26 April 1892 – 25 May 1974), also known as Maharaja Sir Sri Sri Sri Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayana Deba, was a key personality and regarded as the architect , founding father of an Independent united Odisha State. He was a scion of Paralakhemundi zamindari of then Ganjam district and the owner of Delanga estate of Puri district. His family belong to the great Eastern Ganga Dynasty .He was the first Prime Minister of Orissa. The present-day Gajapati District of Odisha was named after him.