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The Kosal state movement is an effort by people of the Western Odisha region of India to secede from the state of Odisha on the basis of art, culture and language. Political parties, intelligentsia and various social organisations have termed it as a political conspiracy by separatist groups, especially consisting of people with business interests in western Odisha but not ethnically belonging to Odisha itself. Public support for the movement is limited or negligible.
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Western Odisha is a territory in western part of Odisha, India,It includes 10 districts,the districts of Bargarh, Bolangir, Boudh, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Nuapada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Sundargarh and Athamallick Sub-division of Angul district.
Kaushal is a Hindu given name and surname common in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
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Nuakhai or Nuakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Odisha in India. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season. According to the calendar it is observed on panchami tithi of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada or Bhadraba (August–September), the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. This is the most important social festival of Western Odisha and adjoining areas of Simdega in Jharkhand, where Odia culture is much predominant. Its coastal counterpart is Nabanna, observed in Coastal Odisha.
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Koilighugar Waterfall is in Jharsuguda district, Odisha, India.
Ghess is a village in Bargarh district in the Kosal region of western Odisha in India. Its population in 2011 was 3,342. It is known for its culture and for its role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
The Kosal region of India had been a prosperous land with abundant natural resources and a self-sufficient economy. Flooding was not a very well known occurrence in the region; however, there were many occasions of droughts.
Kalahandi Balangir Koraput Region is a region in Odisha, India.
The first ever Sambalpuri movie released was Bhukha or Bhuka. It was released in the year 1989 and was directed by Sabyasachi Mohapatra. It was also the first film from Odisha to get an International Jury Award at the Gijon International Film Festival. The second film in Sambalpuri language is Ulugulan (Revolution), which was released in 2008, directed by Mahmood Hussain and produced by Purnabasi Sahu. Its story is set in the first half of the 18th century and depicts the tyrannical rule of the Nagpur rulers.
Kosalananda Mahakavya or Kosalananda Kavya is a palmleaf manuscript in Sanskrit written in AD 1664 by Pandit Gangadhar Mishra. Kosalananda Kavya is the first epic of Sanskrit literature in Odisha. Pandit Mishra was the court poet of Sambalpur King Baliar Singh. He was a descendant of Sambhukara, a famous poet of Puri.
Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo is an Indian historian and archaeologist. He is from Khariar, Nuapada, Odisha, India. He is the president of Khariar Sahitya Samiti. He is a famous archaeologist and authors of several books on Odisha. He has discovered of pre-historic rock art of Yogimath Donger, Ghat Ghumar rock art copper plates, gold coins of Sharabhapuriya dynasty, clay seal, stone seal of Panduvamshi dynasty, Kalachuri coins, terracotas, beads and sculpture of various types.
Kalasi Jatra or Kailasi Jatra is a Hindu festival observed in the Boudh, Subarnapur and Balangir district of Kosal region of Odisha, India. This festival is celebrated on the holy month of Kartika. During this festival the goddess is taken out from the worshiping centre to outside in a big musical procession. The devotees pray the goddess and the celebration takes place until late night. It is considered a festival of tribal origin and emphasizes the fact that the Kosal region is known for its Shakti and tantric culture.
Sambalpur (ସମ୍ବଲପୁର) is a district of Odisha. Sambalpur city is the headquarter of Sambalpur district. Sambalpur is the cultural capital of Western Odisha.
Western Odisha(Kosal) is a territory in western part of Odisha, India, extending from the Bolangir district in the south to the Sundargarh district in the northwest. Western Odisha includes the districts of Balangir, Bargarh, Boudh, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Nuapada, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Sundargarh.
Kosal Horizon is an English-language newspaper published from Rourkela, India. Its main focus is the recent happenings in the Kosal area of India. In addition it publishes news of national and international events.
Prem Ram Dubey is better known as the founding father of the Kosal State Movement. He spearheaded the movement against oppression and exploitation of the people of rich and fertile golden bowl of Western Orissa (Kosal) by the coastal Eastern Orissa. His movement was based on taking a corrective action towards the historical mistake perpetrated by linguistic carving and organisation of the states of independent India.
Bhawanipatna is classified as one of the major tourist destinations by the tourism Department of Government of Odisha. All the tourist attraction in Kalahandi region comes under Bhawanipatna jurisdiction. Though tourist potential of Kalahandi has not been exploited optimally due to poor marketing, political negligence and infrastructure development, the land is very rich in terms of water fall, forest and wild life, natural and scenic beauty, tribal life, mountains, agriculture field, historical sites and handicrafts. The best time to visit Kalahandi region is from October to March. April–June is hard Summer and the mercury may rise to 45 degree C and June to August is the Monsoon Season. It occasionally rains in September, but do not miss the great festival like Nuakhai in September and Dassara in end of September or early October. Beginning of Dessara marks the pleasant weather condition till the celebration of Chaitra in February/March.
Prayag Dutta Joshi was an Indian writer and Sambalpuri language activist. He was born on 25 February 1913 to Shri Chandrasekhar Patjoshi and Smt. Brundabati Devi in Khariar, Nuapada. He spent his time in Kosal bharti kuria of Khariar.
Kosal Kranti Dal (KKD) is a regional political outfit of Odisha with particular focus on western Odisha which is known for its separatist movement for a separate Koshal state as per article 2 & 3 of Indian Constitution. KKD is mainly focusing on the creation of a separate Kosal state by the bifurcation of Odisha.The KKD was formed in the year 2007 with veteran Koshalbadi leader and potential advocate Pramod Mishra became its first president. Later on Bunde Dharua of Jharsuguda became the president. Now KKD central office is located at Jharsuguda and Narayana Mohapatra is the president.