| Odisha Province | |||||||||||||
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| Province of British India | |||||||||||||
| 1936–1947 | |||||||||||||
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 Orissa with Orissa Tributary States in British India before the creation of the province | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Cuttack | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• 1936 | 83,392 km2 (32,198 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Bifurcation of Bihar and Orissa Province and transfer of regions from Madras Presidency and Central Provinces and Berar | 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Odisha | ||||||||||||
Orissa Province was a province of British India created in April 1936 by the partitioning of the Bihar and Orissa Province and adding parts of Madras Presidency and Central Provinces. Its territory corresponds with the present-day state of Odisha.
On 22 March 1912, both Bihar and Orissa divisions were separated from the Bengal Presidency as Bihar and Orissa Province. On 1 April 1936, Bihar and Orissa Province was split to form Bihar Province and Orissa Province. Parts of the Ganjam district and the Vizagapatam district of Madras Presidency were transferred to Orissa Province along with portions of the Vizagapatam Hill Tracts Agency and Ganjam Hill Tracts Agency and Khariar region of Central Provinces and Berar.[1]