The district includes Rakta Tirtha Eram in Basudevpur , where about 30 people along with a woman named Pari Bewa were killed by the British police , DSP Kunjabihari Mohanty while fighting for independence.The legendary history of Bhadrak District dates back to the age of the Puranas when Odisha achieved thriving maritime and agrarian prosperity . As far as the history is concerned , king Mukunda Dev was the last sovereign indigenous ruler of Bhadrak . The Muslim population began to settle in the District around the year 1575 following the discomfiture of the Afghans under Usman at the hand of Raja Man Singh . During the Mughal period Bhadrak District survived as a Subha under the Nawabs of Bengal . When the majestic Mughals diminished from the political scenario of Bhadrak District . In course of time Bhadrak District has passed on to different hands and colonized by different dynasties till the British occupied the entire region of Odisha
Rakta Tirtha Eram
Eram massacre
Bhadrak district