Jeypore

Jeypore is one of the largest towns and a place of historical significance in Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. It was established as a capital of king Vir Vikram Dev in the mid 17th century. The kingdom was defeated by the East India Company in 1777 and was made a Zamindari and later was promoted to a Princely state until its dissolution in the Dominion of India in 1947. ()