Balasore
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?Baleshwar Orissa • India |
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| Time zone | IST ([[UTC+5:30]]) |
| District(s) | Baleshwar |
| Population | (2001) |
Balasore (also known as Baleswar or Baleshwar) is a city in Orissa state of eastern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balasore District. It is best known for Chandipur, the site of the Indian army development of different missiles such as Nag, Agni missile etc.. The lingua franca is Oriya.
Description
Balasore is a place of scenic beauty and a major tourist attraction, also because of its historical monuments, such as various temples in the area. There are a few hill ranges in the region too. It is 212 km north-east of Bhubaneswar by road.
It is now a launch station for
Balasore is the main town in the District of Balasore. The primary occupation of people in district of Balasore is cultivation. Balasore district is mostly known for cultivation of paddy since rice is the staple cereal of the local people. Balasore is also famous for the Khirochora Gopinath Temple situated at Remuna (about 14 kilometers from Balasore), approximately 7 km from the main town of Balsore, built by the Great King Langula Narasimha Dev who also built the world famous Temple at Konark. The "Biranchi Narayana", "AstaDurga", "Bhudhar Chandi" are some other temples located in that region.
Balasore Railway Station falls en route on the main line connecting Chennai to Kolkata. Road connectivity wise, National Highway-5 runs through Balasore.
Tourist attractions: Chandipur-on-sea is a sea resort famous for its mile long shallow beaches. You can bike deep in to the beach with a bi-cycle. It is an unique beach, the tide comes to the shore only four times a day, at determined intervals. Among other tourist attractions is the 18th century kshirochora-gopinath temple, famous for its mythological story, how the temple was built there.
Birth place of linguist and novelist Fakir Mohan Senapati famous for creating oriya script and an eminent freedom fighter against the British colony. Also birth place of famous oriya poet Kabibar Radhanath Roy (famous for describing the beauty of famous Chilika lake through his poems) and also an eminent freedom fighter against the British colony. He is born in kedarpur(soro) near to village Budei.
History
The English settlement of Balasore was formed in 1642, was an early trading port for British, French and Dutch ships in the early age of Enlightenment and became a colonial part of first Danish India, later British India.
In 1763 Balasore became a Danish possession, governed from Tranquebar, as part of Danish India. Due to the shallowness of its bay, the trading post was abandoned, leaving behind only a small settlement in the area. On 7 November 1845, all Danish India was sold to the British, who made it part of British India.
Since the beginning of the 20th century Balasore, as a strategic point, interested revolutionaries. On 9 September 1915, while waiting for a ship-load of arms and ammunition despatched by the German Embassy in Washington, Jatindranath Mukherjee or Bagha Jatin with four associates fought here heroically against a detachment of armed police, up to their last bullet. This became a red-letter day in the history of India's freedom movement.
Geography
Balasore is located at .
Demographics
As of 2001 India census[1], Baleshwar had a population of 106,032. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Baleshwar has an average literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Colleges
- Fakir Mohan College
- [[http://abaindia.com/ Academy of Business Administration
See also
- Rocket launch sites
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
- Chandipur
- Chandipur travel guide from Wikitravel
- PanchaLingeswar travel guide from Wikitravel(~~Prakash)
Sources and external links
- Baleswar District website
- Balasore at Encyclopedia Astronautica
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Hotel Barjorjis Banjara/Bhojan website
| Danish overseas colonies and territories | ||
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| Former colonies | Danish Gold Coast (Danish
Guinea) Danish India Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) •
Balasore • Frederiksnagore (Serampore) •
Dannemarksnagore (Gondalpara) • Calicut (Kozhikode) • Oddeway Torre (Malabar
Coast) • Frederiksøerne (Nicobar Islands)
Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands) |
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| Current overseas territories | Faroe Islands · Greenland | |
| See also Danish East India Company • Danish West India Company | ||
References
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