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About Bānki
Banki is a town and a Subdivision, Legislative Council constituency no. 88 and Notified Area Council in Cuttack district in the state of Odisha, India. Banki is known for the Charchika Temple, dedicated to the deity of Chamunda, the eight armed goddess and incarnation of Durga. In the 2024 Odisha Assembly elections current MLA of Banki is Devi Ranjan Tripathy.
From the Wikipedia article Banki, Odisha (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Banki was a zamindari state in western part of Cuttack District.The Mahanadi River flowed on the northern part of the state. It was annexed in 1840 by the British. The population of Banki was 56,900 in 1881. The rulers of Banki bore the title Raja.
The king of Banki got married with Rajkumari Sukadei of Badamba kingdom, the daughter of king of Badamba. The king of Khurda challenged Banki's king for a war. King of Banki was killed in the war and Sukadei got widowed. She vowed to take revenge from king of khurda for her husband's death. She took help of her brother, the prince of Badamba to win the war. She defeated the king of Khurda but did not kill him as she did not want the queen of Khurda to get widowed like her. Sukadei annexed some parts of Khurda with Banki and took the title Maharani.
After independence of our country in 1947, Banki became a town.
From the History section of Banki, Odisha on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Biju Patnaik International Airport (BBI) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 33 km away.
- Nuapatna 10 km northwest, about 10 min by car
- Āthagarh 19 km northeast, about 19 min by car
- Badamba 20 km west, about 20 min by car
- Khordha 24 km southeast, about 24 min by car
- Jatani 31 km southeast, about 31 min by car
- Dhenkānāl 32 km north, about 32 min by car
- Bhubaneswar 34 km east, about 34 min by car
- Cuttack 38 km east, about 38 min by car
- Puri 72 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Konārka 80 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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