Orissa Province

Orissa Province
Province of British India
1936–1947
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Orissa with Orissa Tributary States in British India before the creation of the province
Capital	Cuttack
Area
• 1936	83,392 km2 (32,198 sq mi)
History
• Bifurcation of Bihar and Orissa Province and transfer of regions from Madras Presidency and Central Provinces and Berar	1936
• Independence of India	1947
Preceded by Succeeded by Bihar and Orissa Province Madras Presidency Central Provinces and Berar Odisha
Today part of	Odisha

Orissa Province was a province of British India created in April 1936 by the partitioning of the Bihar and Orissa Province and adding parts of Madras Presidency and Central Provinces. Its territory corresponds with the modern-day State of Odisha.

On 22 March 1912, both Bihar and Orissa divisions were separated from the Bengal Presidency as Bihar and Orissa Province. On 1 April 1936, Bihar and Orissa Province was split to form Bihar Province and Orissa Province. Parts of the Ganjam district and the Vizagapatam district of Madras Presidency were transferred to Orissa Province along with portions of the Vizagapatam Hill Tracts Agency and Ganjam Hill Tracts Agency and Khariar region of Central Provinces and Berar.^[1]