Brajarajnagar

Brajarajnagar is a town and a region in Jharsuguda locale in the territory of Odisha, India. It is renowned for MCL-possessed coal mines and now-ancient Orient Paper Mills of Birlas built up in 1936. The majority of the populace in this city were working for Orient Paper Mills, which had a place with Birla Group of ventures. Brajrajnagar has in its region ious open-cast and underground coal mines of IB Valley Coalfield and Orient Colliery Area having a place with government-claimed Mahanadi Coalfields Limited. The Brajrajnagar Police Station was set up in 1936, in that year, when the Orient Paper Mills of Birlas was built up here.

The plant began working in 1939, prompting the development of township around it, occupied by the representatives. In the end, Brajrajnagar turned into a Nagar Panchayat in 1968, and in 1989 it was made a Nagar Palika, spread over a region of 42.73 km2. Furthermore, incorporates seven income towns, Lamtibahal, Telenpali, Remja, Lajkura, Gandghora, Katabaga and Sanjob. Neighborhood pioneers like Mrutyunjaya Dash and Rajkumari Dash from Telenpali and friends had put valiant endeavors amid the opportunity battle of India. In 2009, the Airports Authority of India chose to set-up the second household airplane terminal in the province of Odisha at Jharsuguda.