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The state is spread over an area of 1,55,707 km 2 and extends for 700 km from north to south and 500 kilometres from east to west. Its coastline is 450 km long. Its coastline is 450 km long. The state is divided into 30 districts which are further subdivided into 314 blocks called tahasil.
Odisha (English: / ə ˈ d ɪ s ə /; [19] Odia: ⓘ), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), [20] is a state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area , and the eleventh-largest by population , with over 41 million inhabitants.
Ganjam was a part of ancient Dakshina Kalinga. [3] The Mauryan emperor Ashoka inscribed his message at Jaugada near the banks of the Rushikulya, in the present-day Ganjam district.
Bandē Utkaḷa Jananī [1] [2] is an Odia patriotic poem written by Laxmikanta Mohapatra in 1912. [3] Odisha became the first state in British India to be formed on linguistic basis on 1 April 1936. The music was first recorded by Gokul Mohanty in 1932. [ 4 ]
Category: Geography of Odisha. 21 languages. ... Protected areas of Odisha (2 C, 1 P) R. Regions of Odisha (1 C, 3 P) S. Geography of Sambalpur district (1 C, 3 P)
Rourkela is one of the educational, technical and medical research hub of Western Odisha and even students from all parts of Odisha and some parts of neighboring states Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal come here to pursue higher education. city houses many English medium schools which provide CBSE and ICSE certificates to their students.
Bhawanipatna is a city and the headquarter of Kalahandi district in the state of Odisha, India.Bhawanipatna has numerous Hindu temples dedicated to different deities. Its name is a combination of the presiding Hindu deity, Bhabani-Sankar, and Patana, which means "place" in Odia.
The rebellion enjoyed widespread support in Odia society with feudal chiefs, zamindars and the common people of Odisha participating in it.The rebellion proved to be a unity among the medieval odia society visualizing Jaganath as symbol of odia unity and Gajapati as his lieutenant.The zamindars of Karipur, Mrichpur, Golra, Balarampur, Budnakera ...