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'''Orissa''' was a division of [[Bengal (Province)|Bengal Province]] during the British period. It is now a state in India lying on the Bay of Bengal on the the East Coast. The capital is [[Bhubaneshwar]] with [[Cuttack]] being another significant city in the State.
The predominant language spoken in the region is Oriya.
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6wbmMHtf-FwC&pg=PP11 ''Memorials of Service in India: from the correspondence of the late Major Samuel Charters Macpherson Political Agent at Gwalior during the Mutiny, and formerly employed in the suppression of human sacrifices in Orissa''] 1865 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/memorialsofservi00macprich Archive.org] (has better maps) He initially joined the Madras Army in 1827. In 1831 he was appointed assistant surveyor-general and was engaged in both military and survey work. In 1841 he was appointed as Assistant to the Agent at Ganjam.
*[https://archive.org/details/bengalassambehar00playuoft ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their History, People, Commerce and Industrial Resources''] compiled by Somerset Playne, assisted by J. W. Bond, edited by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.135720/page/n5 ''A Handbook Of The Bihar And Orissa Provincial Records (1771-1859)''] 1933 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
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