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Paralakhemundi Railway Station belongs to East Coast Railway of Waltair Division. It is located in Gajapati district of Odisha .This is the FIRST ODISHA DEDICATED RAILWAY LINE as well as the FIRST ROYAL RAILWAY STATION of ODISHA , established in 1899.
The Parlakhemundi Light Railway was a two-foot six-inch gauge railway. The Raja of Parlakhemundi decided to connect his capital with Naupada which was only 40 km away. With the government giving its sanction in 1898, work began in fully. The line was opened to traffic in 1900. This railway line was built at a cost of Rs 700,000.
With the then British Government giving sanction in 1898, work began in full earnest. The line was opened to traffic in 1900. This railway line was built at a cost of Rs 7 lakh. The operations of the PLR was taken over by the Bengal-Nagpur Railway (BNR) in 1902. In the first few years, the PLR had incurred losses but after 1910, it started ...
Paralakhemundi Railway Station. Parlakhemundi is connected to Naupada railway junction on the main East Coast railway line from Kolkata to Chennai by 90 km long (Gunpur to Naupada) 1676mm broad gauge line, that was converted from 762mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge in 2010–11. The line was finally closed for gauge conversion on 9 June 2004.
Parlakhemundi came under British influence in 1768. [5] The Paralakhemundi zamindari state has played much of an important role in assembling the Odia speaking parts, propagating modern education system, building state infrastructures etc. [ 3 ] A a large part of the estate now lies in Andhra Pradesh , even though the Gangas were based in Odisha .
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The Khemundi kingdom, consisting of Parlakhemundi, Badakhemundi and Sanakhemundi, was under a single ruler until 1550, [2] following which the Raja of Parlakhemundi, Subarnalinga Bhanu Deba granted parts of the Khemundi areas to his son Ananga Kesari Ramachandra Deba, whose son Chodanga Deba in turn divided the zamindari among his sons, splitting into two branches, with his eldest son ...