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Khurda kingdom was built in the late 16th century in the southeastern part of Odisha

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The above statement is True.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Khurda, a small kingdom founded in the late 16th century in the southeastern part of Odisha, was a populous and well-cultivated territory consisting of 105 garhs, 60 large and 1109 small villages. Its king, Raja Birakishore Dev, had previously been forced to hand over control of four Parganas, supervision of the Jagannath Temple, and administration of fourteen garjats (Princely States) to the Marathas. Mukunda Dev II, his son, and successor was greatly disturbed by this loss of fortune. As a result, seeing an opportunity in the Anglo-Maratha conflict, he began negotiations with the British to reclaim his lost territories and rights to the Jagannath Temple. However, following the British occupation of Odisha in 1803, the British showed no willingness to oblige him on either front.

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