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'''Utkal Sahitya Samaj''' (Utkal Literary Society) is a literary organisation located in [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]], India, founded in 1903. The organisation is aimed to the debate on [[Odia literature]] and to develop people's interest in [[Odia language]].

Historian Prabhat Mukherjee remarks that the establishment of the Utkal Sahitya Samaj "marked the renaissance in Oriya literature".<ref>{{Cite book |author=Prabhat Mukherjee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUvRAAAAMAAJ&q=Utkal+Sahitya+Samaj |title=History of Orissa in the 19th Century |publisher=Utkal University |year=1964 |page=414}}</ref>

Utkal Sahitya Samaj was established from another organisation named Alochana Sabha in May 1903. The main aim of the establishment of Utkal Sahitya Samaj was to arrange debate on Oriya literature and to develop people's interest in Oriya language.<ref name="Social Science Probings">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKHrAAAAMAAJ&q=utkal+sahitya+samaj |title=Social Science Probings, Volume 13 |publisher=People's Publishing House |year=1996 |page=32}}</ref> Some of its founding members were [[Madhusudan Rao]], [[Radhanath Ray]], [[Fakir Mohan Senapati]], [[Gopal Chandra Praharaj]], and Mrutunjay Rath.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRVuAAAAMAAJ&q=utkal+sahitya+samaj |title=Cuttack, One Thousand Years, Volume 2 |publisher=Cuttack City Millennium Celebrations Committee |year=1990 |page=174}}</ref> Radhanath Ray was appointed as its first president.<ref name="Social Science Probings"/>