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Aul is a town and the headquarters of Aul CD Block and Aul Tehsil in Kendrapara district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is 17 km from Chandabali. Aul is surrounded by the river Kharasrota and Brahmani on north and south respectively. To its east is Bhitarkanika National Park.




History


Aul has a clear history of establishment. This state is an outcome of the war between the Suryabanshis and Bhoi Banshis for the throne of Utkal at Cuttack. The ancestors of Aul raj family belonged to the last independent king Gajapati Mukunda Deb of Khurda. Gajapati Mukunda Deb ruled Odisha for a16 years long period from 1559 to 1567. His ancestors were considered as the feudal chiefs under the Gajapati and before acquiring the throne he worked there as the military chief.
When Gajapati Maharaja Pratap Rudra Deb died in 1540 his minister played foul and started conspiracy against Kalua Deb Allias Ramachandra Deb-I and Kakharua Deb alias Purusottama Deb-II, the two legal sons of Gajapati maharaja. They were killed by him in 1541.
After this incident, Minister Gobinda Bidyadhar acquired the throne at Cuttack and ruled till 1548. In the meantime Gobinda's nephew Raghubhanja Chhotray created chaos and attacked Gobinda to get the throne but could not succeed. During this period Utkal was threatened by the Afghans of Bengal also. Chakrapratapa became the King from 1548 to 1557 and after Chakrapratap, Raghuram Ray Chotaraya and Narasimha Ray Jena ruled Utkal till 1559.
In 1559 Mukundra Deb the Army chief of Gajapati ascended the throne and started his reigning in the name of Gajapati Tailenga Mukunda Deb as an heir of the Chalukya dynasty.
He fought bravely against the Afghans and became popular by digging ponds and establishing new villages in different places of Puri. But the Minister named Janarddan Bidyadhar started treachery against him. Looking forward to the throne of Gajapati, Janardan made friendship with the Afghans and dethroned Mukunda Deva by killing him in the Gohira Tikiri Fort. Janarddan made his son investiture on the Gajapati's throne in the name of Ramachandra Deb-II.
The wife of Mukunda Deb ran away with some of the king's followers and her two kids Rama Chandra Deb and Chakadi Bhramarbar. They approached the Mughal emperor at Delhi but couldn't succeed. Mahanubhab Samarat Akbar sent two Hindu kings Todar Mall and Raja Maan Singh from his Durbar to Puri to look into the matter and have a solution. Janarddan tried much to establish Ramachandra Deb-II as the real Gajapati of Odisha. During the Chandan Yatra time Raja Maan Singh entitled Ramachandra Deb-II as the real Gajapati and offered him the Gaddi Prasad. On the other hand, he divided Utkal into three parts between Ramachandra Deb-II and other two brothers.
Telenga Ramachandra Deva got Aul killa as his new Kingdom and Chhakadi Bhramarbar got Patia with Sarangagad fort. From that day Aul came to the front and prospered with Talenga Ramachandra Deb but always cheeked the Gajapati rule in Odisha. History says that they were always supported the external forces and tried to save their state and never cooperated with the Gajapati and his allies.




Education






= Colleges

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Aul College, Aul
Laxmi Barah College, Ayatpur
Olaver College, Olaver
Debaray Samarsingh College, Ganeswarpur
National ITC., Aul
Gandhi Memorial College, Gobindpur




= High schools

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Hadua Up School
Godabarisha Bidyabhaban, Gobindpur
C.P.B.E.T. High School, Tunga
Sarat Kumar Dev High School, Giribandha
Aul High School
Samant Singhar Kelu Charan High School, Patrapur
Panchayat Sitaram Bidyapitha, Manikapatana
Damodar High School, Ayatpur
Chakradhar High School, Dahisahi
Nrusinghajew A.D.M High School, Aragal Sasan
Namouza High School
Batipada High School
Rameswar nial g p high school, chhotanathpur sasan
G.D. High School, Sanamanga
Utkalmani Uchha Bidyapitha, Atal
Mahu High School
Chandiagari High School
D.P.S. High School, Padanipal
Dadhibamanjew Bidyapitha, Desahi
Manapur High School
Janata High School, Palimi
Mohanpur Ganeswarpur High School
Panchayat High School, Sahira
S.C. High School, Madhuban
Janakalyan High School, Kusumi
Athapatana Binapani High School, Dasipur
Sahadev Girls High School, Demal
Ekamania U.G. High Schools.
Govt. U.G. High School, Chandan Nagar, Kolidiha
Gopabandhu Girls High School, Hinjal
Sansidha High School
Panchayat Girls High School, Desahi
Mendhapur G.P. High School, Padanpur
Odisha Adarsh Vidyalaya, Belasarpur, Nial, Aul




Transportation






= Road

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SH-9A from Jagatpur, Cuttack to Chandabali passes through Aali. It connects it with Pattamundai and Rajkanika on either sides. The Manpur-Singhpur Road connects Alli with Jajpur. Another road connects Aali with SH-35 at Aradi, Bhadrak. It is also has a network of roads interconnecting the villages.




= Rail

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There is no railway station near to Aul in less than 10 km. However Cuttack RailWay Station is major railway station 87 km near to Aul. A newly constructed rail link from Paradip to Haridaspur is at final stage.




Distance from surrounding towns


Hadua - 15 km
Rajkanika – 11 km
Pattamundai – 14 km
Rajanagar - 35 km
Dhamra - 54 km
Dhamarai Temple - 50 km
Chandabali- 17 km
Akhandalamani Temple- 20 km
Jajapur – 45 km
Kendrapara-35 km
Bhadrak – 57 km




Health


Aul block has one Community health Center at Aul and PHC(N)'s at Batipara, Dasipur, Govindpur, Mahu, Palimi, Sanamanga.




Law and order


The Court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class was established at Aul in 2011.




Politics


Aul (98) is one of the five Assembly Constituencies of Kendrapara parliamentary constituency. It consists of Aul and Kanika Block with 315 polling stations and 237969 voters.

Odisha Vidhan Sabha in 1961 in the midterm election : Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanjdeo, Aul (INC)
4th Bidhan Sabha (1967–71) : Dibakar Nathsharma Aul (INC) Total Votes : 73890 Part Won : Congress Votes Secured: 15049
5th Bidhan Sabha (1971–73) : Sharat Kumar Deb Aul Swatantra Total Votes : 81617 Part Won : Swatantra Votes Secured:
6th Bidhan Sabha (1974–77) : Sharat Kumar Deb Party: Independent % of Votes: 34.08
7th Bidhan Sabha (1977–80) : Sharat Kumar Deb Party: Janata Dal % of Votes: 57.02
8th Bidhan Sabha (1980–85) : Sharat Kumar Deb Party: Janata (S) % of Votes: 52.00
9th Bidhan Sabha (1985–90) : Dolagovinda Nayak Party: Congress (I) % of Votes: 52.01
10th Bidhan Sabha (1990–95) : Smt. Sushree Devi Party: Janata Dal % of Votes: 56.61
11th Bidhan Sabha (1995–2000) : Dolagovinda Nayak Party: Congress(I)
12th Bidhan Sabha (2000–04) : Pratap Keshari Deb Party: BJD % of Votes: 59.50
13th Vidhan Sabha (2004–09): Pratap Keshari Deb Party: BJD No of Votes Secured: 61,869
14th Vidhan Sabha (2009–14): Pratap Keshari Deb Party: BJD
15th Vidhan Sabha (2014–19): Devendra Sharma Party: INC
16th Vidhan Sabha (2019–24): Pratap Keshari Deb Party: BJD
Aul Tehsil comes under Kendrapara parliament constituency and the current sitting MP is Baijayant Panda.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Aul, Odisha
• Aul Assembly constituency
• Aul Palace
• Odisha Legislative Assembly
• Devendra Sharma (politician)
• 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
• Kendrapara district
• 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
• 17th Odisha Assembly
• List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly