Gorumahisani
Gorumahisani is a small town-cum-village and a railway station in Odisha, India.
It is located in Rairangpur taluka of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India.[1]
It is also name of railroad station, whose railway code is GUMI, which falls under jurisdiction of South Eastern Railway Zone.[2]
The post office code of place is 757042.[3]
The town is famous for iron ore mines, which were the first iron ore mines developed in India in 1910, by Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo ruler of Princely State of Mayurbhanj. He appointed Pramoth Nath Bose, a leading geologist in 1908 to survey the ore deposits. Later the mines were leased to Tata Steel, in which the Dewan of the State, Mohini Mohan Dhar, played the leading role.[4][5]
Transport
As a result of iron ore mines being developed, the town was connected with Tatanagar in 1910 by Bengal Nagpur Railway.(See: Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line).
References
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1.Gorumahisani ITC
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