Sambalpur, India

India

Sambalpur, India shares 84 connections with 2511 other places across 18 topics, spanning history, governance, religion, and education. During the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1804, Sambalpur first fell under British control; after the Third Anglo-Maratha War in 1817, it became formal British territory. The city hosts Sambalpur University, IIM Sambalpur, and VSSUT, founded in 1956. The Samaleswari Temple on the Mahanadi river anchors its religious identity, and its name links to Shambhala in Buddhist Kalachakra tradition.