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Balasore
Sign in to saveAlso known as Baleshwar, Baleswar
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Balasore
- Settlement.other_name
- Baleswar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Odisha#India#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Odisha, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Balasore
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Balasore Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Member of Parliament
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP)
- Settlement.leader_title2
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Manas Kumar Dutta (BJP)
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- Places of interest
- Transport
- Air
- Rail
- Road
- Education
- Technical colleges/institutions
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- Permit Field
- Reserved Police Line Ground
- Zilla School Stadium
- ITI Field
- Entertainment
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Balasore, also known as Baleswar, is a city in the state of Odisha, about from the state capital Bhubaneswar and from Kolkata, in eastern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balasore district and the largest city as well as health and educational hub of northern Odisha. It is best known for Chandipur beach. It is also called 'missile city'. The Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme's Integrated Test Range is located 18 km south of Balasore.
==History== Excavation at villages near Balasore has given evidence for three distinct cultural phases of human settlements, viz., Chalcolithic (2000–1000 BCE), Iron Age (1000–400 BCE) and early historic period (400–200 BCE).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balasore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.