Why are u posting grossly wrong data ??
Take some more time to check ur own BS data.
while we are talking about maratha influnece in Bengal and orissa in during the period of 1750s to the yr 1800
...u post about famines happended in yr 1866,1875 during the British rule.
"PS: the last word... And today orissa has far reached its goal and became one of the poorest region in the face of the earth "
haha, Bangladeshis are talking about development and poverty.
Let me put some world Bank data about orissa's economy.U can read the full page about if u feel like.
Overview: Orissa has transformed from a seriously lagging state to a state on the move
From being the poorest state of India in the mid 1990s, Orissa has become a state on the move. The state's economy has shifted gear and is on a higher growth trajectory.
Gross state domestic product (GSDP) has grown at 8.5 percent on average during the Tenth Plan period (2002-07), compared to 5.5 percent during the previous plan (1997-2002) and even slower in the past.
Public investments in infrastructure have begun to rise, and private industrial investment is booming. The finances of the state have improved remarkably, creating fiscal space for expanding public investments.
Private investment is booming: Indian and foreign mega investments in the steel and power sectors and aluminum and chrome products are dominating the private investment boom.
Industry has grown at 20 percent annually in 2002-07, compared to only 6 percent in 1997-2002. This is fuelled, in part, by the rise in world metal prices. Since 2004, Orissa has ranked as the countrys premier investment destination, according to the Center for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE).
Private investments under implementation in Orissa now total about US$125 billion which is about seven times the states annual gross domestic product (GSDP).
Many of these investments are at an advanced stage and expected to start production before 2012/13. This makes it likely that Orissa will enjoy high double digit growth, faster than the rest of India, for several years to come
Coming the issue of poverty:
A great deal still remains to be done"
Second poorest state in the country: Despite recent progress, however, Orissa is still the second poorest state in the country with one of the lowest levels of urbanization.
Over 45 percent of its people live in poverty with the scheduled tribes (STs) - who make up a sizeable 22 percent of the states population lagging far behind the rest of the population. Most STs live in tiny villages or remote habitations in the hills where their geographical isolation underlies much of their poverty. Rural electrification is among the lowest in the country; some 18,000 villages and 5 million households have yet to get electricity. Learning levels in schools are low, and the burden of ill health too high.
India - Orissa in Transition
........1/3 the total area of orissa comes under the tribal belt of india where tribals hostrorically have been living an isolated live mostly cut off from main stream india till recent improvements in modes to communications.If one take out tribal districts of orissa ,and then rest of the coastal regions of orissa is more economically developed than the national avg of india.