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19th century

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The History of '''[[Sambalpur]]''' in the [[India]]n state of [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] can be traced back to 100 AD. It was mentioned in the book of [[Ptolemy]] ([[Claudius Ptolemaeus]]) as Sambalaka on the left bank of river "Manada", now known as [[Mahanadi River|Mahanadi]]. Other evidence is available from the records of [[Xuanzang]], and in the writings of the celebrated King [[Indrabhuti]] of Sambalaka of Odra Desha or Oddiyan (oldest known king of Sambalpur), the founder of [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] and the Lama cult. He has written the book Jñānasiddhi (Sanskrit: ज्ञानसिद्धिर्नामसाधनम्; [[IAST]]: jñānasiddhirnāmasādhanam; {{bo|t=ཡེ་ཤེས་གྲུབ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་སྒྲུབ་པའི་ཐབས|w=ye shes grub pa zhes bya ba'i sgrub pa'i thabs}} which is T2219 of the Tibetan [[Tengyur]]).

==Up to 18th century==

1540 - Balaram Dev established his new capital at [[Sambalpur]].

French merchant [[Jean Baptiste Tavernier]] (1605–1689) visited [[Sambalpur]].

==19th century==

1800 - [[Sambalpur]] came under the Bhonslas of Nagpur.

'''1825''' to '''1827''', Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert (1785–1853), later Lieutenant General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, first baronet, G.C.B., was the Political Agent for the South West Frontier with headquarters at [[Sambalpur]]. He made few paintings during his stay at Sambalpur by an unknown artist, which are currently with the [[British Library]] and [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselectpd/CollectionSum.aspx?CollID=016-000000039# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-03-20 |archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20080903042056/http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselectpd/CollectionSum.aspx?CollID=016-000000039# |archive-date=2008-09-03 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref>

1849 - British seized the state under the Doctrine of Lapse.

1857 - [[Sambalpur]] Municipality established.

1858 - [[Sambalpur]] was transferred to [[Cuttack]] division.

1862 - [[Sambalpur]] along with other princely states of [[Western Orissa]] was included in the newly created [[Chhattisgarh]] division of [[Central Provinces and Berar|Central Province]].

1893 - The Bengal-Nagpur Railway Company opens a branch line to Sambalpur, it opened to goods traffic on 1 February and for passengers on 10 March.<ref>"Railway And Other Companies." Times [London, England] 27 Nov. 1893: 11. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 19 Apr. 2014.</ref>

1896 - [[Hindi]] was made official language of [[Sambalpur]] , by abolishing [[Odia language]], which after violent protests by people was reinstated again in 1903 <ref>[http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Journal/jounalvol1/pdf/orhj-11.pdf Untitled-13]. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2011-01-20.</ref>

1903 - Hindi is abolished and Odia is reinstated as the official language again.<ref>[http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Journal/jounalvol1/pdf/orhj-11.pdf Untitled-13]. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2011-01-20.</ref>

1905 - Sambalpur district is transferred to the Orissa Division of the Bengal Presidency.

1936 - New province of Orissa is formed.

==20th century==

'''1956''' [[Hirakud Dam]] was constructed and [[Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla|VSSUT]] started functioning as University College of Engineering, [[Burla, India|Burla]].

'''1966''' [[Sambalpur University]] Act was passed.

'''1967''' [[Sambalpur University]] located at [[Burla, India|Burla]] started functioning.

'''1979''' King Shaun rules the [[Sambalpur]].

'''1980''' A devastating flood inundated parts of [[Sambalpur]].

==21st century==
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==References==
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[[Category:History of Sambalpur]]

Timeline of Sambalpur - Revision history

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