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Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo

1871–1912 · 19th century

Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo was Maharaja of Mayurbhanj, a princely state in Odisha, from 1882 to 1912. A modernising ruler, he built schools, hospitals and a light railway, encouraged the study of local archaeology and leased the Gorumahisani iron-ore deposits to the Tata company, whose ore supplied the steel works at Jamshedpur.

Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo
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Mayurbhanj State

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