Aul, Odisha

Aul has a clear history and heritage. This state is an outcome of the war between the Suryavanshis and Bhoivanshis for the throne of Utkala at Cuttack. The ancestors of Aul raj family belonged to the last independent king Gajapati Mukunda Deva of Khurda. Gajapati Mukunda Deva ruled Odisha for 16 years, from 1559 to 1567. His ancestors were considered the feudal chiefs under the Gajapati and before acquiring the throne he worked there as the military chief. When Gajapati Maharaja Prataparudra Deva died in 1540 his minister played foul and started conspiracy against Kalua Deva Allias Ramachandra Deva-I and Kakharua Devs alias Purusottama Deva-II, the two legal sons of Gajapati Maharaja. They were killed by him in 1541. After this incident, Minister Gobinda Bidyadhara acquired the throne at Cuttack and ruled till 1548. In the meantime Gobinda's nephew Raghubhanja Chhotraya created chaos and attacked Gobinda to get the throne but could not succeed. During this period, Utkal was also threatened by the Afghans of Bengal. Chakrapratapa became the King from 1548 to 1557 and after Chakrapratapa, Raghuram Ray Chotaraya and Narasingha Ray Jena ruled Utkal till 1559. In 1559, Mukunda Deva, the Army chief of Gajapati ascended the throne and started his reigning in the name of Gajapati Mukunda Deva. 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 Janardana Bidyadhara started treachery against him. Looking forward to the throne of Gajapati, Janardana made friendship with the Afghans and dethroned Mukunda Deva by killing him in the Gohira Tikiri Fort. Janardana made his son on the Gajapati's throne in the name of Ramachandra Deva-II. The wife of Mukunda Deva ran away with some of the king's followers and her two kids Rama Chandra Deva and Chakadi Bhramarbara. They approached the Mughal emperor at Delhi but couldn't succeed. Mughal emperor Akbar sent two Hindu kings, Todar Mall and Raja Maan Singh from his Durbar to Puri to look into this matter and have a solution. Janardana tried much to establish Ramachandra Deva-II as the real Gajapati of Odisha. During the Chandana Yatra, Raja Maan Singh entitled Ramachandra Deva-II as the real Gajapati and offered him the Gadi Prasad. On the other hand, he divided Utkal into three parts between Ramachandra Deva-II and other two brothers. Ramachandra Deva got Aul killa as his new Kingdom and Chhakadi Bhramarbara got Patia with Sarangagad fort. From that day Aul came to the front and prospered with Ramachandra Deva but always cheeked the Gajapati rule in Odisha. History says that they were always supportive of the external forces, tried to save their state and never cooperated with the Gajapati and his allies. from river view ==Education==

Colleges • Aul College, Aul • Laxmi Barah College, Ayatpur • Olaver College, Olaver • Debaray Samarsingh College, Ganeswarpur • National ITC., Aul • Gandhi Memorial College, Gobindpur High schools • 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 • Balakati Panchayat High School, Balakati ==Transportation==

Road 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 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 • of Aul9th 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==