Odisha (India)
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987007438613405171
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Name (Hebrew)
אודישה (הודו)
Name (Latin)
Odisha (India)
Other forms of name
State of Odisha (India)
Coordinates
85.5 85.5 20.15 20.15 (gooearth )
Associated country
India
See Also From tracing place name
Orissa (India)
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- The times of India online, viewed May 19, 2015article "Orissa celebrates Odisha," Nov. 5, 2011 (Orissa is now officially known as Odisha and it's language as Odia as President Pratibha Patel gave her assent to two bills--Orissa (Alternation of Name) Bill 2010 and the Constitution (113th Amendment) Bill 2010; in September, the Lok Sabha ratified the two Bills, which were awaiting the President's nod; the Rajya Sabha passed both the Bills in March)
- GEOnet, viewed May 19, 2015:(Odisha [approved]; State of Odisha [approved] ADM1 in India, 20°30ʹ00ʺN, 084°25ʹ00ʺE; variants: Orissa; State of Orissa)
- Statesman's yearbook online, Nov. 27, 2012under India, states and territories, Odisha, general details (Odisha was known as Orissa until September 2011)