Balasore (also known as Baleswar or Baleshwar) is a city in Orissa state of eastern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balasore District. It is well known in the world for Chandipur near Balasore Beach for the DRDO development of different missiles such as Nag, Agni etc. It is a major tourist attraction because of its natural beauty and historical monuments. The lingua franca here is Oriya. Orissa (2001 provisional pop. ... Balasore is a district of Orissa, India. ... Lingua franca, literally Frankish language in Italian, was originally a mixed language consisting largely of Italian plus a vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Persian, French, Greek and Arabic and used for communication throughout the Middle East. ... Oriya is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa. ...

Apart from its strategic importance as a missile testing centre, Balasore is a place of scenic beauty. There are a few hill ranges in that area. Quite a few temples also dot the area. The "Khirochora Gopinath" Temple at Remuna (about 14 km from Balasore), the "Biranchi Narayana", "AstaDurga", "Bhudhar Chandi" are some of the temples located in that region.

It is now a launch station for sounding rockets on the east coast of India in Orissa state at 21°18' N and 86°36' E. Balasore has been in use since 1989, but unlike Sriharikota, it is not used for launching satellites. The rocket launching site at Balasore is situated in a place named Chandipur. Chandipur is placed at the seashore of Bay of Bengal. The Interim Test Range in Chandipur, Balasore is responsible for carrying out tests for various missiles such as Agni, Prithvi, Trishul etc. Balasore is the main town in the District of Balsore. The primary occupation of people in district of Balasore is cultivation. Balasore district is mostly known for cultivation of paddy and rice is the primary food of people. Balsore is also famous for the Khirochora Gopinath Temple situated at Remuna, Balasore. It is approximately 7 km from the main town of Balsore. The famous Khirochora Gopinath Temple was built by the Great King Langula Narasimha Dev who also built the world famous Temple at Konark. A sounding rocket, sometimes called an elevator research rocket, is an instrument-carrying suborbital rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its flight. ... Orissa (2001 provisional pop. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sriharikota (also Sriharikote) is a barrier island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh in India. ... A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ... A map showing the location of the Bay of Bengal. ... Wheel of Konark Stone Work at Konark Konark (or Konarak) (Sanskrit: कोनार्क) is a small town in the state of Orissa, India, on the Bay of Bengal, sixty-five kilometres from Bhubaneswar. ...

The place is in the main train line that connects Chennai to Kolkata (former Madras and Calcutta line). Almost all trains stop in Balasore. Road connectivity wise, National Highway-5 runs through Balasore.

History

Balasore was an early trading port for British, French and Dutch ships in the early age of Enlightenment and became a colonial part of first Danish India, later British India. Danish India is a term for the former colonies of Denmark in India, which included the town of Tranquebar in present-day Tamil Nadu state, and the Nicobar Islands, currently part of Indias union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ... British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ...

In 1763 Balasore became a Danish possession, governed from Tranquebar, as part of Danish India. Due to the shallowness of its bay, the trading post was abandoned, leaving behind only a small settlement in the area. On 7 November 1845, all Danish India was sold to the British, who made it part of British India. Tranquebar, 1600. ...

See also

• Rocket launch sites
• Indian Space Research Organisation
• Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station

A rocket launch site is a facility for the launch of rockets. ... It has been suggested that Indian space program be merged into this article or section. ... Thumba is a small fishing village near Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala, India. ...

Sources and external links

• Baleswar District website
• http://www.ardhkumbh2004.com/en/Haridwar/Uttaranchal/ReligiousDestinations/Baleshwar?UTCPostGUID={BE9CA784-FE57-4E80-824A-73B613EE16E7}
• WorldStatesmen- India
• Balasore at Encyclopedia Astronautica
• Balasore-a city of sand