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| name = Bira Kishore Ray<br />
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| caption = First Chief Justice [[Orissa High Court]]<br />
| office = [[Odisha High Court#Former Chief Justices|First Chief Justice, Odisha High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 26 July 1948<br />
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| office2 = First Advocate General, Orissa<br />
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| successor2 = [[B. Jagannadha Das]]<br />
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'''Bira Kishore Ray''' was the first Chief Justice of [[Orissa High Court]].<ref name="Orissa Reference-2005">{{cite web|title=NAME OF THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICES OF ORISSA |url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/name_of_chief_justice.pdf |website=odisha.gov.in/ |accessdate=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621102809/http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/name_of_chief_justice.pdf |archivedate=21 June 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=Googlebooks>{{cite book|last1=Harihar Mahapatra|first1=Justice|title=My Life, My Work|date=15 February 2011|isbn=9788184246407|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6oF1W6N7sg0C&q=justice+bira+kishore+ray&pg=PA266|accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/name_of_chief_justice.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-06-20 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621102809/http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/name_of_chief_justice.pdf |archivedate=21 June 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
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==Early years==<br />
He was born in Bagalgarh village of Cuttack district, Latika Ray happens to be his wife.<br />
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== Legal career ==<br />
He was the first Advocate General of Orissa Province. Later he was elevated to the Bench of [[Patna High Court]] in 1945.<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140727/jsp/odisha/story_18656476.jsp#.VYKOOlIwDSg</ref><ref name=patnahighcourt>{{cite web|title=LIST OF RETIRED JUDGES|url=http://patnahighcourt.bih.nic.in/judges_ret.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209185119/http://patnahighcourt.bih.nic.in/Judges_RET.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2014|website=patnahighcourt.bih.nic.in/|accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=Oriyaonline>{{cite web|title=History of Orissa High Court|url=http://www.orissa.oriyaonline.com/highcourt_of_orissa.html|website=www.orissa.oriyaonline.com/|accessdate=20 June 2015}}</ref> He was also the first Odia to become the Judge of Patna High Court.<ref name=Telegraphindia>{{cite news|last1=Patnaik|first1=LalMohan|title=High Court turns 66|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140727/jsp/odisha/story_18656476.jsp#.VYYLCvmqqko|accessdate=21 June 2015|date=27 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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He died on 26, July 1958 i.e. on the 10th anniversary Day of [[Orissa High Court]].<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130727/jsp/odisha/story_17160912.jsp#.VYKSOFIwDSg</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in/ Orissa High Court]<br />
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