Raj Bhavan (Puri)

Raj Bhavan (Puri)
Raj Bhavan (Puri)
	ରାଜଭବନ (ପୁରୀ)
	Location of the Raj Bhavan, Puri in Odisha
General information
Coordinates	19°47′50″N85°49′45″E / 19.7973°N 85.8293°E
Completed	1914

Last updated May 04, 2019

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The Raj Bhavan of Puri in the Indian state of Odisha, is an official residence of the Governor of Odisha. it was originally built as a summer residence for the erstwhile Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Bihar and Odisha under the British Raj.^[1]

Puri is a city and a Municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is also known as Sri Jagannatha Dhama after the 12th-century Jagannatha Temple located in the city. It is one of the original Char Dham pilgrimage sites for Hindus.

Bihar and Orissa was a province of British India which included the present-day Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and a part of Odisha. The territories were conquered by the British in the 18th and 19th centuries, and were part of the Bengal Presidency, the largest British province in India.

The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947. The rule is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage, and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and those ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British tutelage or paramountcy, and called the princely states. The whole was also more formally called the Indian Empire. As India, it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945.

Location

The building is located adjacent to the Bay of Bengal in Puri, about 60 miles (97 km) from Cuttack, the former capital of Odisha^[1] and 53 kilometres (33 mi) from the current capital, Bhubaneswar.

The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman Islands of India and Myanmar and the Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between Sri Lanka and the northwesternmost point of Sumatra (Indonesia). It is the largest water region called a bay in the world. There are countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The Bay of Bengal was also called the Chola Lake.

Cuttack is the former capital and the second largest city in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is also the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised form of Kataka which literally means The Fort, a reference to the ancient Barabati Fort around which the city initially developed. Cuttack is also known as the Millennium City as well as the Silver City due to its history of 1000 years and famous silver filigree works. It is also considered as the judicial capital of Odisha as the Odisha High Court is located here. It is also the commercial capital of Odisha which hosts a large number of trading and business houses in and around the city. Cuttack is also famous for its Durga puja which is the most important festival of Odisha and West Bengal. Cuttack is also the birth place of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Odisha. It is the largest city in Odisha and is a centre of economic and cultural importance in Eastern India.

History

Constructed in 1913-14, the original grounds covered an area of 30.226 acres (12.232 ha).^[1] The residence was subsequently used by British governors to escape the summer heat in Patna, which was then the capital of Bihar and Odisha.^[2] After Odisha became a separate province in 1936, the building became the residence of the state Governor of Odisha. However, because of the distance from the capital the residence shifted there in 1942.^[1] While the new residence in Cuttack was under construction, the Raj Bhavan at Puri underwent remodelling at a cost of Rs. 158,000 to "make it suitable and comfortable for the imperial dignity of His Majesty's representatives in India" with improvements including rewiring, updating of the plumbing system and the creation of a garden.^[3] The building remained in use as the summer residence for governors until 1973,^[2] then in 1983 part of the grounds were sold off for the construction of a hotel to boost state tourism.^[1]

Patna is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. Patna is the second-largest city in Eastern India after Kolkata. It had an estimated city population of 1.68 million in 2011, making it the 19th largest city in India. With over 2 million people, its urban agglomeration is the 18th largest in India. Patna also serves as the seat of Patna High Court.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Raj Bhavan, Puri". Raj Bhavan, Odisha. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
1 2 Manti, J. C. (2014). The Saga of Jagannatha and Badadeula at Puri: Story of Lord Jagannatha and his Temple). Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. XXXIV. ISBN 978-93-82652-45-8.
↑ Kalia, Ravi (1994). Bhubaneswar: From a Temple Town to a Capital City. SIU Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8093-1876-6.

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[governorweb-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Raj Bhavan, Puri". Raj Bhavan, Odisha. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[Manti2014-2] 1 2 Manti, J. C. (2014). The Saga of Jagannatha and Badadeula at Puri: Story of Lord Jagannatha and his Temple). Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. XXXIV. ISBN 978-93-82652-45-8.

[3] Kalia, Ravi (1994). Bhubaneswar: From a Temple Town to a Capital City. SIU Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8093-1876-6.