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Saturday, 8 April 2017

Balangir, Balangir District, Odisha

The name of Balangir is said to have been derived from Balaram Garh, a fort, built here in the 16th Century by Balram Deo, the 19th Raja of Balangir (Ex-Patna State) and founder of Sambalpur kingdom. Balangir was an obscure village till 1871 when the Court of Wards administration during the minority of the then ruler Ram Chandra Deo III shifted the capital from Patnagarh. To know more read:
http://www.indianetzone.com/3/balangir.htm


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