Toshali Sands

O’ Donnel Committee. Boundary Commission appointed in 1931 by Govt of India with S.P. 0′ Donnell as chairman and T.R.Phookun;H.M.Mehta,Raja of Paralakhimendi, Sachidanada Sinha and Narashimha Raju Guru as members - recommended transfer to Orissa an area of 33,00 square miles with a population of 8,277,000.

The Oriyas opposed the report as it excluded many Oriya speaking tracts such as Ichhapur, Jalantara, Tikili, Somapetta, Singhbhum, Manbhum, Sadheikala, Kharaswan, Midnapur and Phulajhara. Odra. One of the races mentioned in the Sanskrit work of Manu (2nd century BC).Greek historian Megasthenes and Pliny called it Orates, who inhabitated mount Maleus(Malayagiri). In Persian an9 Arabic works it is called