Sambalpur Town - Revision history

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=Sambalpur Town=
Head-quarters of the District of the same
name, Bengal, situated in 21 28' N. and 83 58' E. It is the terminus
of a branch line of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, 30 miles from
Jharsugra junction, and 349 from Calcutta. The town lies along the
left bank of the Mahanadi, and is very picturesquely situated, com-
manding a beautiful view of the river for several miles, with wooded
hills in the background. In flood-time the width of the Mahanadi
is more than a mile, and portions of the town have been submerged on
one or two occasions, but during most of the year there is only a stream
40 or 50 yards wide. During the open season a pontoon bridge over
the Mahanadi is maintained by the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, giving
place to a ferry in the monsoon months. The population in 1901 was
12,870, and has risen by more than 30 per cent, since 1891. The
town derives its name from the Somlai Devi, its tutelary deity.

There
are no buildings of importance \ but the Brahmapura temple of
Jagannath has a great reputation for sanctity, and many civil suits are
decided by the oaths of parties taken at this shrine. Sambalpur was
constituted a municipality in 1867. The municipal receipts and
expenditure during the decade ending 1901 averaged Rs. 28,000
and Rs. 29,000 respectively. In 1903-4 the income had risen to
Rs. 48,000, mainly derived from octroi, A wing of a native infantry
regiment was stationed here until 1902. Sambalpur is the commercial
centre for most of the District, and also the States of Sonpur, Patna,
and Rairakhol. It contains a depot for cooly emigrants to Assam.

The principal industries are the weaving of tasar silk and cotton cloth
by hand. A printing press with Oriya and English type was established
in 1902, to celebrate the restoration of Oriya as the court language of
Sambalpur. The town possesses a high school with a boarding-house
and 33 pupils, a girls' school, and Oriya and Hindi branch schools.
It also has a main dispensary and a police hospital.

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 centre for most of the District, and also the States of Sonpur, Patna,
 and Rairakhol. It contains a depot for cooly emigrants to Assam.
 The principal industries are the weaving of tasar silk and cotton cloth