Orissa

The Orissa is one of the State S of the Indian Union.

History

Old story

Denominations of Orissa in the old sources: Kaliṅga, Oḍra, Kośala, Utkal…
The Aśoka emperor and the war of Kaliṅga (IIIe front century JC)
King Kharavela and the foundations jaïnes (1st century)
Orissa under the domination of Śaśāṅka and Harṣa: dysnastie local of Śailodbhava
Dynasty of Bhauma-Kara (VIIe-IXe century)
Dynasty Somavamśī-Keśarī (Xe-XIe century)
The Gaṅga empire
Suryavamśī
Gajapatī (XVe-XVIe)

Modern history and contemporary

The occupation moghole
British occupation (1803-1848)
  • 1803 : Conquest of Orissa by the British
  • 1866: Great famine
  • 1882 Utkal Sabha and the claim for a grouping of the speakers Oriya
  • 1933 creation of Orissa as an administrative entity
Orissa in Independent India

Geography

The Orissa is bordered by bay of Bengal in the east, the new state of the Jharkhand and the Western Bengal in north, the new state of Chhattisgarh in the west and the Andhra Pradesh in the south.

Economy

The Orissa has 90% of the Indian chromium reserves, 70% of that of bauxite and 24% of those of coal.

Demography

Culture

One of the forms of ballet dancing of the India, the Odissi, is originating in Orissa.

Tourism

Important tourist sites: Bhubaneswar and its many temples, Purî and its temple of Jagannâtha, Konârak and its temple of Sûrya, Hirapur and its Temple of Yoginis, the caves Jaïn of Udayagiri and Khandagiri, Buddhist sites of Lalitagiri, Udaygiri and Ratnagiri, the lake Chilka (or Chilika).

Others

In 1999, the Orissa underwent a cyclone which made 20.000 victims and killed 700.000 heads of cattle, damaged or uprooted 90.000.000 of trees, makes 20.000.000 homeless people, 5.000.000 of farmers lost their work and 1,2 million hectares of culture were devastated.

External bonds

  1. Site of the government of Orissa

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