Why visit Brajarajnagar
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark and 3 parks and trails in and around town.
Highlights include JRD Tata Jubilee Park.
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About Brajarajnagar
Brajrajnagar is a town and a municipality in Jharsuguda district in the state of Odisha, India. Popular legend says the town was named after Braj Mohan Birla after he set up Orient Paper Mills in 1936. It is a small sleepy town on rocky terrain, built on the banks of Ib river, with temples mostly built by the Birlas. Later it became famous for MCL-owned coal mines after Orient Paper Mills of Birlas managed by dulichand Hanuman Prasad shah closed down in 1999.
From the Wikipedia article Brajarajnagar (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds3
Shopping1
Schools, colleges and libraries1
History
The Brajrajnagar Police Station was established in 1936, in the same year, when the Orient Paper Mills of Birlas was established here. The mill started functioning in 1939, leading to the growth of township around it, inhabited by the employees, which was managed by Dulichand Hanuman Prasad Shah.
Eventually, Brajrajnagar became a Nagar Panchayat (Notified Area Council) (NAC) in 1968, and in 1989 it was made a Nagar Palika (Municipality), spread over an area of 42.73 km2. and includes seven revenue villages, Lamtibahal, Telenpali, Remja, Lajkura, Gandghora, Katabaga and Sanjob.
From the History section of Brajarajnagar on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Healthcare3
Map of Brajarajnagar
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Getting there and nearby towns
Veer Surendra Sai Airport (JRG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 18 km away.
- Bundia 4 km south, about 4 min by car
- Belpahar 7 km west, about 7 min by car
- Bandbahāl 8 km southwest, about 8 min by car
- Jharsuguda 10 km northeast, about 10 min by car
- Rengāli 24 km southeast, about 24 min by car
- Hīrākud 33 km south, about 33 min by car
- Burla 34 km south, about 34 min by car
- Sundergarh 35 km north, about 35 min by car
- Sambalpur 40 km south, about 40 min by car
- Kuchinda 45 km east, about 45 min by car
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Photo credits
- JRD Outside, Ritesh Chandra Sahu, CC BY-SA 4.0
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