Author:

Radhakanta Barik
Indian Institute of Public Administration
New Delhi,India

Email: radhakantab@gmail.com

Abstract:: The name of the story is derived from the ship’s name Kaliprasad Khorap. Kaliprasad name is usually given to human child but here the ship turns into a child whose name is given the similar manner. This is a story of eighteenth century India when Odisha had a prosperous people with a high degree of urbanization. All these disappeared with the decline of shipping industry and salt industry. It is a critical moment in Indian history that Indian shipping Companies got threatened by the European Companies. Here the story talks of the threat of these powers against Kalinga Shipping Companies operating in Indian Ocean. Shipping industry in India was very much developed during the 18th century. They used to compete with the European powers in the domain of shipping industry. They used to carry commodities like rice pottery, cotton and iron etc and returned back with some commodities required by the people of Odisha.

Key Words:: Kaliprasad Khorap, Piracy in Sea, Phiringi or European traders, Shipping Industry etc.