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{{Infobox legislation
| short_title = Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011
| legislature = [[Parliament of India]]
| long_title = An Act to alter the name of the State of Orissa.
| citation = [https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2108/1/A2011-15.pdf Act No. 15 of 2011]
| enacted_by = [[Lok Sabha]]
| date_passed = 9 November 2010
| enacted_by2 = [[Rajya Sabha]]
| date_passed2 = 24 March 2011
| date_assented = 23 September 2011
| date_commenced = 1 November 2011
| bill_history_url = https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-orissa-alteration-of-name-bill-2010
| bill = Orissa (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2010
| bill_citation = [https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/bills_parliament/2010/The_Orissa_Alteration_of_Name_Bill_2010.pdf Bill No. 27 of 2010]
| bill_date = 15 March 2010
| introduced_by = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]] [[P. Chidambaram]]
| 1st_reading =
| 2nd_reading =
| 3rd_reading =
| passed = 9 November 2010
| committee_report =
| passed2 = 24 March 2011
| date_amendments_considered = 6 September 2011
| date_final_passage = 6 September 2011
| amends = article 164, article 273, First Schedule and Fourth Schedule of the [[Constitution of India]]
| related =
| summary =
| keywords =
| status = in force
}}

The '''Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011''' is an Act of [[Parliament of India]] to alter the name of State of Orissa by substituting Orissa with Odisha.<ref name="indiacode">{{cite web |title=The Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011 |url=https://indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2108/1/A2011-15.pdf#search=Orissa%20Law%20and%20Justice%20%5b2000%20TO%202018%5d%20%5b2001%20TO%202009%5d |website=www.indiacode.nic.in |accessdate=28 August 2018}}</ref>

== History ==
Following decolonization at the end of British rule, the names of several states and cities in India have been changed. Based on the demands of the civil society, the government of Odisha decided to revert some local names to their original ones. The [[Constitution of India]] and several other legal documents were drafted with the changed names for which it was necessary for a process of legal enactment. The State Cabinet approved the move in June 2008 and the government of Odisha passed a resolution in the state assembly in August 2008 for the purpose and sent it for the Center's approval.<ref name="indiatoday">{{cite web |title=Orissa resolves to change state name to Odisha |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/orissa-resolves-to-change-state-name-to-odisha-28996-2008-08-28 |website=India Today |accessdate=28 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The bill having been passed in both the houses of the Parliament, the enactment of the legislation has been assented by the President of India.<ref name="timesofindia">{{cite web |title=Orissa's new name is Odisha - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Orissas-new-name-is-Odisha/articleshow/7780712.cms |website=The Times of India |accessdate=28 August 2018}}</ref>

== Sequence of events ==
* There has been an age long demand from various organizations as well as from civil society for change of the Name from '''Orissa''' to '''Odisha''' and '''Oriya''' to '''Odia'''
* Odisha Cabinet for the 1st time resolved a proposal in this regard in June 2008.
* The move was passed in the Odisha Assembly on 28 August 2008.
* The Home Minister P. Chidambaram presented the bill in Lok Sabha.
* On 9 November 2010 the bill was passed in Lok Sabha.
* On 24 March 2011 the bill was passed in Rajya Sabha.<ref name="orissareview">{{cite web |title=From Orissa to Odisha |url=https://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/9-17.pdf |website=Orissa Review |accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref>
* On 23 September 2011 the bill received the accent of the President of India.<ref name="orissareview"></ref>
* The Gazettee Notification published on 1 November 2011 specified that the act shall be effective from 1 November 2011.
* Basing on the Notification of Centre, State of Odisha Published its state Gazettee Notification on 12 March 2012.<ref name="govtpress">{{cite web |title=Law Department – Notification – The 29th February 2012 |url=http://govtpress.odisha.gov.in/pdf/2012/397.pdf |website=www.govtpress.odisha.gov.in |accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref>

== Important sections ==
=== Section.3 ===
'''Alteration of name of State of Orissa''':As from the appointed day, the name of the State of '''Orissa''' shall be known as The state of '''Odisha'''.

=== Section.4 ===
'''Amendment of article 164''':In article 164 of the constitution of India, in clause 1, in the proviso, for the word '''Orissa''', the word '''Odisha''' shall be substituted.

== See also ==
* [http://www.legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A2011-15.pdf "The Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011"]

==References==
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[[Category:Acts of the Parliament of India 2011]]
[[Category:2011 in Indian law]]

Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011 - Revision history

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