Orissa

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Indian state historical region

Orissa is a historical region and modern Indian state on the eastern coast of India, known for its rich cultural heritage, ancient temples, and significant role in the subcontinent’s political and economic history.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Odisha 265
Orissa canonical 46
Orissa region 3

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian state ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Bay of Bengal ⓘ
capital Bhubaneswar ⓘ
contains Chilika Lake ⓘ
Hirakud Dam ⓘ
Jagannath Temple Puri ⓘ
Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar ⓘ
Simlipal National Park ⓘ
Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
formedAsSeparateProvince 1 April 1936 ⓘ
formerNameOf Orissa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Odisha
hasClassicalDanceForm Odissi ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hasHighCourt Orissa High Court ⓘ
hasMajorCity Berhampur ⓘ
Cuttack ⓘ
Rourkela industrial region ⓘ
surface form: Rourkela

Sambalpur ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Baitarani River ⓘ
Brahmani River ⓘ
Mahanadi River ⓘ
Subarnarekha River ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
highCourtLocatedIn Cuttack ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj

Eastern Ganga dynasty ⓘ
Gajapati dynasty ⓘ
Kalinga ⓘ
surface form: Kalinga kingdom

Maratha Empire ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
historicalRegionName Kalinga ⓘ
joinedIndianUnion 1947 ⓘ
knownFor Pattachitra painting ⓘ
ancient temples ⓘ
classical dance Odissi ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
stone sculpture ⓘ
tribal cultures ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
largestCity Bhubaneswar ⓘ
locatedIn eastern India ⓘ
locatedOn eastern coast of India ⓘ
officialLanguage Odia ⓘ
officialNameChangeFrom Orissa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
partOf East Indies ⓘ
surface form: East India

India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ

Referenced by (334)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British East India Company → obtainedDiwaniOf → Orissa ⓘ
Godavari → flowsThroughState → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Maratha Empire → territoryIncludes → Orissa ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → territoryIncluded → Orissa ⓘ
Subhas Chandra Bose → birthPlace → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Bay of Bengal → borderedBy → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha coast
Gondi → spokenIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Ganesha → majorFestivalRegion → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Bengal Presidency → appliesToJurisdiction → Orissa ⓘ
Bengal Presidency → followedBy → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orissa Province
Ganesh Chaturthi → observedIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Kali → majorRegionOfWorship → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Droupadi Murmu → regionRepresented → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Odia → spokenIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Odia → officialLanguageOf → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Telugu script → usedIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
West Bengal → bordersState → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Indian state of West Bengal → bordersState → Orissa ⓘ
subject surface form: West Bengal
this entity surface form: Odisha
Odisha (parts) → locatedIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Odisha (parts) → overlapsWith → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: modern state of Odisha
Odisha (parts) → successor → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Orissa
eastern India → includesState → Orissa ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
this entity surface form: Odisha
eastern India → hasSubregion → Orissa ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
this entity surface form: Odisha region
Kali Puja → especiallyProminentIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Chhattisgarh → borderedBy → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Andhra Pradesh → bordersState → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
South-Central Dravidian → geographicDistribution → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Bihar and Orissa Province → containsRegion → Orissa ⓘ
Bihar and Orissa Province → containsRegion → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Bihar and Orissa Province → successor → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orissa Province
Bihar and Orissa Province → successor → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Orissa
Bihar and Orissa Province → namedAfter → Orissa ⓘ
Bihar and Orissa Province → namedAfter → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Bihar and Orissa Province → locatedInPresentDay → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of Odisha
Sena dynasty → expandedInto → Orissa ⓘ
Santhali → spokenInIndianState → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Santhali → hasOfficialStatusIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Deccan Plateau → extendsAcross → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Odia script → usedIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Indo-Mauritians → ancestralOrigin → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Mughal emperor Shah Alam II → grantedDiwaniOf → Orissa ⓘ
subject surface form: Shah Alam II
Mughal emperor Shah Alam II → lostEffectiveControlOf → Orissa ⓘ
subject surface form: Shah Alam II
Indravati → flowsThrough → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Indravati → formsBoundaryBetween → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Indravati → state → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Jharkhand → borderedBy → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Ajit Jain → birthPlace → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orissa, India
Chhath Puja → observedIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Chhattisgarhi → spokenIn → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha
Hindi Belt → partiallyIncludesState → Orissa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Odisha