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Balaram Deva
Balaram Deva was a prince of the Chauhan ruling family of Patna State in western Odisha who, according to tradition, founded a separate kingdom at Sambalpur on the middle Mahanadi. His kingdom soon became the leading power among the hill states of the region, known as the Garhjat. Sambalpur remained under his descendants until the British annexed it in 1849.
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