Celebration of 72th Foundation Day of Bhubaneshwar cancelled.
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Foundation :
13th April, 1948
By Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Architect:
Otto Königsberger
Bhubaneswar replaced Cuttack as the capital on 19 August 1949, 2 years after India gained its independence from Britain. The modern city was designed by the German architect Otto Königsberger in 1946. Along with Jamshedpur and Chandigarh, it was one of modern India's first planned cities.
