Definitions

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  • proper noun State in eastern India which has Bhubaneswar as its capital.

Etymologies

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Modified from Oriya ଓର (ଉର (Ora)). The source of the name Odisa/Orissa modified form of ancient words Ora (ଓର) or Ura (ଉର) or Odra Desa or Sumera or Odra bisaya The earliest epigraphical reference to Odras is found in the Soro copper plate grant of Somadatta from which it is clear that Uttara Tosali with its visaya Sarepahara identified with Soro of Baleswar district was part of Odra Bisaya.

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Examples

  • Both Andhra Pradesh and Odisha have successfully piloted programs that train barefoot legal aid workers or community resource persons to work with poor families and provide added capacity to local Revenue Department officials to deliver landownership to tens of thousands of rural families who occupy land claimed by the government or have clouded ownership of the plots they till.

    Tim Hanstad: Bridging the Two Indias Tim Hanstad 2011

  • Both Andhra Pradesh and Odisha have successfully piloted programs that train barefoot legal aid workers or community resource persons to work with poor families and provide added capacity to local Revenue Department officials to deliver landownership to tens of thousands of rural families who occupy land claimed by the government or have clouded ownership of the plots they till.

    Tim Hanstad: Bridging the Two Indias Tim Hanstad 2011

  • State government programs in Karnataka, West Bengal and Odisha are also effectively providing "micro-plots" to completely landless farm laborers.

    Tim Hanstad: Bridging the Two Indias Tim Hanstad 2011

  • State government programs in Karnataka, West Bengal and Odisha are also effectively providing "micro-plots" to completely landless farm laborers.

    Tim Hanstad: Bridging the Two Indias Tim Hanstad 2011

  • State government programs in Karnataka, West Bengal and Odisha are also effectively providing "micro-plots" to completely landless farm laborers.

    Tim Hanstad: Bridging the Two Indias Tim Hanstad 2011

  • Both Andhra Pradesh and Odisha have successfully piloted programs that train barefoot legal aid workers or community resource persons to work with poor families and provide added capacity to local Revenue Department officials to deliver landownership to tens of thousands of rural families who occupy land claimed by the government or have clouded ownership of the plots they till.

    Tim Hanstad: Bridging the Two Indias Tim Hanstad 2011

  • In India over the past two months, paddy ready to be harvested was damaged because of unseasonal rain in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha; chilli crop was hit in Tamil Nadu; frost and extreme cold destroyed crops in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab.

    Sunita Narain: Davos Assessment on Climate Change Is Right and Wrong Sunita Narain 2011

  • In India over the past two months, paddy ready to be harvested was damaged because of unseasonal rain in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha; chilli crop was hit in Tamil Nadu; frost and extreme cold destroyed crops in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab.

    Sunita Narain: Davos Assessment on Climate Change Is Right and Wrong Sunita Narain 2011

  • In India over the past two months, paddy ready to be harvested was damaged because of unseasonal rain in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha; chilli crop was hit in Tamil Nadu; frost and extreme cold destroyed crops in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab.

    Sunita Narain: Davos Assessment on Climate Change Is Right and Wrong Sunita Narain 2011

  • State government programs in Karnataka, West Bengal and Odisha are also effectively providing "micro-plots" to completely landless farm laborers.

    Tim Hanstad: Bridging the Two Indias Tim Hanstad 2011

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