Despite late prime ministers Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, P.V.Narasimha Rao, and present leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi etc. tall claims for developing Kalahandi, little was done for long term sustainable development in higher education, national highway, railway and industry during those leadership at Delhi.
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Kalahandi region was the main route for Chola to attack Subarnapur of South Kosal.
The Sahitya Akademi prize winning poems Kalahandi and Equation by Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan were chiefly based on the poet's observation of tribal life in the Sinapali, Komana and Boden blocks of Nuapada.
The Sahitya Akademi award winning poem Kalahandi by Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan was based on the poet's observation of life in and around Sinapali.
The river originates in the border of Thuamul Rampur in the Kalahandi district and Kalyansinghpur in Rayagada district of Odisha and runs for a distance of about 254 kilometers, where it joins the Bay of Bengal at Kalingapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.