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Paradip
India
Paradip, town and major port, east-central Odisha (Orissa) state, eastern India. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal on the delta of the Mahanadi River at the mouth of one of its branches. The development of Paradip was begun after 1958. In the 1970s it was enlarged, and it has since become Odisha state’s principal port. Pop. (2001) 73,625; (2011) 68,585.
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