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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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Odisha	25
Orissa Province	2
Province of Orissa	2
Odisha coast	1
Odisha region	1
modern state of Odisha	1
present-day Odisha	1
state of Odisha	1

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	Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClassicalDanceForm	Odissi ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hasHighCourt	Orissa High Court ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Berhampur ⓘ Cuttack ⓘ Rourkela industrial region ⓘ surface form: Rourkela Sambalpur ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Baitarani River NERFINISHED ⓘ Brahmani River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahanadi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Subarnarekha River NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	East Indies ⓘ surface form: East India India ⓘ surface form: Republic of India
religionMajority	Hinduism ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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

Indo-Mauritians → ancestralOrigin → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Bengal Presidency → appliesToJurisdiction → Orissa ⓘ

Subhas Chandra Bose → birthPlace → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Bay of Bengal → borderedBy → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha coast

Chhattisgarh → borderedBy → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Andhra Pradesh → bordersState → 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

Bihar and Orissa Province → containsRegion → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Kali Puja → especiallyProminentIn → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Sena dynasty → expandedInto → Orissa ⓘ

Deccan Plateau → extendsAcross → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Godavari → flowsThroughState → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Bengal Presidency → followedBy → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orissa Province

South-Central Dravidian → geographicDistribution → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Mughal emperor Shah Alam II → grantedDiwaniOf → Orissa ⓘ

subject surface form: Shah Alam II

Santhali → hasOfficialStatusIn → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

eastern India → hasSubregion → Orissa ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern India

this entity surface form: Odisha region

eastern India → includesState → Orissa ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern India

this entity surface form: Odisha

Bengal Subah → locatedIn → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: present-day Odisha

Odisha (parts) → locatedIn → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Bihar and Orissa Province → locatedInPresentDay → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: state of Odisha

Mughal emperor Shah Alam II → lostEffectiveControlOf → Orissa ⓘ

subject surface form: Shah Alam II

Ganesha → majorFestivalRegion → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Kali → majorRegionOfWorship → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Bihar and Orissa Province → namedAfter → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Ganesh Chaturthi → observedIn → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

British East India Company → obtainedDiwaniOf → Orissa ⓘ

Odia → officialLanguageOf → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Odisha (parts) → overlapsWith → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: modern state of Odisha

Droupadi Murmu → regionRepresented → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Gondi → spokenIn → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Odia → spokenIn → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Santhali → spokenInIndianState → 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

Odisha (parts) → successor → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Orissa

Siraj ud-Daulah → territoryIncluded → Orissa ⓘ

Maratha Empire → territoryIncludes → Orissa ⓘ

Odia script → usedIn → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha

Telugu script → usedIn → Orissa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Odisha