Odisha Divas 2019

April 1, 2019

The state of Odisha celebrates Odisha Divas or Utkala Divas every year on April 1^st to commemorate the state formation day. On this day 82 years ago, Orissa (now Odisha) was established as a province of British India.

Odisha Timeline

In 1912, Bihar and Orissa had been separated from Bengal to form the Bihar and Orissa Province.
In 1936, Bihar and Orissa Province was itself split to form Bihar Province and Orissa Province.
On 1 April 1936, the new province Orissa came into being with Sir John Austin Hubback, Indian Civil Servant (ICS), as the Governor.
Orissa was the first linguistic province in the country.
After Independence, the area of Orissa was almost doubled and the population was increased by a third with the addition of 24 former princely states.
The name of the state was changed from Orissa to Odisha, and the name of its language from Oriya to Odia, in 2011.

Known centuries ago as Kalinga, the state of Odisha has displayed exemplary courage in resisting the might of the Mauryas in the Kalinga War. Home to Lord Jagannath, state of Odisha has a fifth of India’s coal, a quarter of its iron ore, a third of its bauxite reserves and much of the country’s art and culture.

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