Cuttack
Cuttack is the former capital of the state of Odisha in East India. It is the headquarters of the Cuttack district.[1] Cuttack is nicknamed the "Millennium City" and the "Silver City".[2] Cuttack has over 1000 years of history, and has a famous silver jewelry works.[2] The High Court of Odisha is located in Cuttack.[3] Cuttack is also called as the commercial capital of Odisha. This is due to the large number of trading and business houses in the city.[4]
Cuttack and Bhubaneswar are often called the Twin-Cities of Odisha.[5] The metropolitan area formed by the two cities has a population of 1.68 million in 2014.[6] Cuttack is a Tier-II city as per the ranking system used by Government of India.[7][8][9]
Cuttack Media
Guinness Book of World Records for Balijatra. Record Number of paper boats created under 35 mins. Initiative by CMC and Mayor Subhash Singh
Reference
- ↑ Shiv Sharma, India - A Travel Guide (New Delhi: Fusion Books, 2008), p. 331
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Silver City Cuttack (April 16, 2015)The Explorer of Miracles. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ↑ S.Chand; S. Tripathy. History of CuttackDepartment of History, Revenshaw University. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ↑ Looking Beyond Tier Landscape. Tier IINASSCOM. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ↑ Newsdesk. With more than 300 Puja Pandals, Durga Puja Celebrations pick up pace in twin cities of Odisha (October 9, 2016)NewsGram. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ↑ Major Agglomerations of the World. City PopulationCity Population, Germany. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ↑ Tier I and Tier II Cities map. Tier II Cities mapmaps of India. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ↑ Tier II and Tier III Cities. Tier II CitiesBusiness Today. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ↑ Growth of Tier II and Tier III Cities. Tier II Cities growthNBM Media. Retrieved 2014-08-24.[dead link]