Hazaribagh is a city and a
municipal corporation
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in
Hazaribagh district
Hazaribagh district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India and the district headquarter located in Hazaribagh town. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
Etymology
The district is named after its headquarters, the tow ...
in the Indian
state
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of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
. It is the divisional headquarters of
North Chotanagpur division. It is considered as a health resort and is also popular for
Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary
Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary (earlier called Hazaribagh National Park) is a wildlife sanctuary in Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisg ...
( from city). It is represented in the Indian
Lok Sabha
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by its Member of Parliament
Jayant Sinha
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.
Etymology
The name of the town 'Hazaribagh' (हज़ारीबाग़) is derived from two
Persian
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words: ''Hazar'' (هزار) meaning 'one thousand' and ''
bagh
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Places India
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'' (باغ) meaning 'garden'. Hence the meaning of Hazaribagh is 'city of a thousand gardens'. According to Sir John Houlton, however, the town takes its name from the small villages of Okni and Hazari – shown on old maps as Ocunhazry. The last syllable in its name probably originated from a mango grove which formed a camping ground for troops and travelers marching along a military road from Kolkata to Varanasi, constructed in 1783 and the following years. The
Grand Trunk Road
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subsequently replaced this military road in the mid-19th century, but the layout differed at places, particularly around Hazaribagh. A dilapidated watch tower meant to guard the military road is still visible on Tower Hill, near Silwar. In common literature, native English author Kajol Aikat has also mentioned Hazaribagh as the Land of Thousand Gardens in his debut novel Unsocial Amigos.
History
In ancient times the district was covered with inaccessible forests inhabited by tribes who remained independent. The entire territory of Chhotanagpur, now known as Jharkhand (meaning forest territory) was presumably beyond the pale of outside influence in ancient India. Throughout the Turko-Afghan period (up to 1526), the area remained virtually free from external influence. It was only with the accession of Akbar to the throne of Delhi in 1557 that Muslim influence penetrated Jharkhand, then known to the Mughals as
Kokrah. In 1585, Akbar sent a force under the command of Shahbaj Khan to reduce the Raja of Chotanagpur to the position of a tributary. After the death of Akbar in 1605, the area presumably regained its independence. This necessitated an expedition in 1616 by Ibrahim Khan Fateh Jang, the Governor of Bihar and brother of Queen Noorjehan. Ibrahim Khan defeated and captured
Durjan Sal, the 46th Raja of Chotanagpur. He was imprisoned for 12 years but was later released and reinstated on the throne after he had shown his ability in distinguishing a real diamond from a fake one.
In 1632, Chotanagpur was given as Jagir (endowment) to the Governor at Patna for an annual payment of Rs.136,000. This was raised to Rs.161,000 in 1636. During the reign of Muhammad Shah (1719–1748), Sarballand Khan, the Governor of then Bihar, marched against the Raja of Chotanagpur and obtained his submission. Another expedition was led by Fakhruddoula, the Governor of Bihar in 1731. He came to terms with the Raja of Chotanagpur. In 1735 Alivardi Khan had some difficulty in enforcing the payment of the annual tribute of Rs.12,000 from the
Raja of Ramgarh, as agreed to by the latter according to the terms settled with Fakhruddoula.
This situation continued until the occupation of the country by the British. During the Muslim period, the main estates in the district were Ramgarh, Kunda, Chai and
Kharagdiha
Kharagdiha is a village in the Jamua CD block in the Khori Mahua subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It had been known as Curruckdea or Curruckdeah during the British Raj.
Geography
Location
Kharagdiha is loca ...
. Subsequent to the Kol uprising in 1831 that, however, did not seriously affect Hazaribagh, the administrative structure of the territory was changed. The
parganas of Ramgarh, Kharagdiha, Kendi and Kunda became parts of the
South-West Frontier Agency
Chota Nagpur Division, also known as the South-West Frontier, was an administrative division of British India. It included most of the present-day state of Jharkhand as well as adjacent portions of West Bengal, Orissa, and Chhattisgarh.
History ...
and were formed into a division named Hazaribagh as the administrative headquarters. In 1854 the designation of South-West Frontier Agency was changed to
Chota Nagpur Division, composed of five districts - Hazaribagh, Ranchi, Palamau, Manbhum, and Singhbhum. The division was administered as a
Non-regulation province
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under a Commissioner reporting to the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. In 1855-56 there was the great uprising of the Santhals against the British but was brutally suppressed. During British rule, one had to go by train to
Giridih
Giridih is headquarters of the Giridih district of Jharkhand state, India. The city of Giridih is known for its industrial and health sectors, as well as its scenic beauty. Giridih houses the Giridih Coalfield which is one of the oldest coalfi ...
and then travel in a vehicle called push-push to Hazaribagh. It was pushed and pulled by human force over hilly tracts. It was an exciting journey across rivers and through dense forests infested with bandits and wild animals.
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...
travelled in a push-push along the route in 1885. He recorded the experience in an essay, "Chotanagpur families". When the Grand Chord railway line was opened in 1906,
Hazaribagh Road railway station
Hazaribagh Road is a railway station on the Grand Chord line of East Central Railway. The place is locally known as Sariya (or Suriya), in Sariya CD Block in Bagodar-Saria subdivision in Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
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became the link with the town. For many years, Lal Motor Company operated the rail-cum-bus service between Hazaribagh town and Hazaribagh Road railway station. In 1912, a new province of
Bihar and Orissa was split from Bengal Province. In 1936, the province was split into separate provinces of Bihar and Orissa, with the Chota Nagpur Division being a part of Bihar. Bihar's boundaries remained mostly unchanged after Indian Independence in 1947.
Giridih district
Giridih district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Giridih is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Jharkhand (out of 24), after Ranchi and Dhanbad ...
was created in 1972 by carving some parts of Hazaribagh district. After the 1991 census, the district of Hazaribagh was divided into three separate districts, Hazaribagh,
Chatra
Chatra is the headquarters of Chatra district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
History
Chatra was the “headquarters” of Ramgarh district in the 18th-19th century. The renowned reformer, Raja Rammohan Roy, was ''sheristadar'' in Ramgarh di ...
and
Koderma
Kodarma (also spelled as Koderma) is a city and a notified area in the Koderma subdivision of the Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India, Kodarma Nagar Parishad had a total population of 2 ...
. The two sub-divisions Chatra and Koderma were upgraded to the status of independent districts. In 2000, Jharkhand was separated from Bihar to become India's 28th state. In 2007,
Ramgarh
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* Ramgarh Upazila, a sub-district of Khagrachari District
India
* Ramgarh, Bihar, a village near Munger, Bihar
* Ramgarh, Kaimur, a town in Kaimur district, Bihar
* Ramgarh, Uttarakhand, a hill station in Nainital ...
was separated and made into the 24th district of Jharkhand.
Hazaribagh town
The Town became a cantonment in 1790, the Ramgarh battalion having been raised ten years earlier. It was then part of Ramgarh district. It became a district headquarters in 1834. Hazaribagh was constituted as a municipality in 1869. The military cantonment, south-east of the town, flourished until 1874, when, after an outbreak of enteric fever in 1874, the troops were mostly withdrawn, except for a small detachment to mind the penitentiary. This resulted in a planned city. This part of the town is known as Boddam Bazar, after the officer who laid it out. Many Englishmen settled in Hazaribagh during the British period. They built large bungalow-type houses, often with sloping roofs. They were great hunters and hunting stories abounded in the town by word of mouth. Most of them left after India became independent. Tutu Imam topped the list of hunting legends in the town along with Prof. Rajendra Pandey. A century ago it was common for tigers and leopards to prey upon livestock in the outskirts of the town. The town had a population of 15,799 in the 1901 census. It was described in as "little more than a cluster of hamlets, with intervening cultivation, which sprang up around the former military bazar." Hazaribagh Central Jail housed many leaders of the
Indian freedom movement
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The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged from Bengal. ...
, including Dr.
Rajendra Prasad
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, later the first President of India. After
Jayaprakash Narayan
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was put under arrest in this jail during the Quit India Movement of 1942, he escaped with the help of 53 dhotis (sheets) to cross the wall of the jail. The support he received from the local people is one of the legends of the Indian Independence movement. During the early years of
World War II
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, an
internment camp
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("parole camp") for German civilians was established in the town. In June 1942 it housed 36 women, 5 men and 16 children, of whom 21 females with 13 children were transferred on 25 February 1942 from
Diyatalawa
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. In autumn they were transferred to the family camps at
Purandhar or
Satara.
[Auswärtiges Amt; ''6. Merkblatt über die Lage der Deutschen in Britisch-Indien; die Internierungslager auf Ceylon und Jamaica;'' Berlin 1941; (Dez. 1942)]
Early settlers
A small but effective
Bengali
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community including, Mukherjee, Ghosh and Aikats settled at Hazaribagh in the 19th century when the area was in
Bengal Presidency
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and the British administration was looking for people with
English
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education. These families made significant contributions to keep the local education system going. Rai Bahadur Jadunath Mukherjee was amongst the most talked about early Bengali settlers. He was the first Government Pleader of Hazaribagh so appointed in 1864. He established the Hazaribagh Brahmo Samaj in 1867 by donating his own land. He established the Jadunath Girls School in 1873 donating his own land (later upgraded Jadunath Girls High School in 1956 and around 1920, a new school building was built with the initiative of Bengali families such as Braja Kumar Niyogi and Chanchala Niyogi with funds from various sources such as the estate of Raja of Ramgarh). Rai Bhadur Jadunath Mukherjee was foremost in establishing the Keshav Hal and Library in the Town and was its first President. He was prominent amongst those who established the Hazaribagh Bongiya Durga Bari in 1889 in his compound. He provided food for work programme during the 1873-1874 Bihar Famine. His house hosted a galaxy of great Indians such as Ramananda Chattopadhaya, Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhaya (of "Palamau" fame), Rabindranath Tagore and Indira Debi. Later, scholars such as Mahesh Chandra Ghosh and Dhirendranath Choudhury made the town their home. The poet
Kamini Roy
Kamini Roy (12 October 1864 – 27 September 1933) was a Bengali poet, social worker and feminist in British India. She was the first woman honours graduate in British India.Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, ''Sansa ...
lived in the town for some years. Manmathanath Dasgupta, a Brahmo missionary spent many years in Hazaribagh working amongst the downtrodden. Surat Kumar Gupta contributed towards the development of the town in many ways. Doctors such as Mandindra Bhushan Banerjee (Panna Babu), Bikash Kumar Sen, Sambhu Nath Roy and Benoy Chandra Chatterjee were prominent personalities. The noted Bengali author and writer for many Hindi films like ''Sujata'',
Subodh Ghosh
Subodh Ghosh (14 September 1909 – 10 March 1980) was a noted Indian author of Bengali literature and a journalist with the Kolkata-based daily newspaper '' Ananda Bazar Patrika''. Born at Hazaribagh on 14 September 1909, now in Jharkhand, he s ...
, was born and brought up in Hazaribagh. Many of his stories are set in the region.
Keshub Chunder Sen
Keshub Chandra Sen ( bn, কেশবচন্দ্র সেন; also spelled Keshab Chunder Sen; 19 November 1838 – 8 January 1884) was a Hindu philosopher and social reformer who attempted to incorporate Christian theology within ...
, the great
Brahmo
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Leader, accompanied by Trailokyanath Sanyal, visited Hazaribagh in 1874 to recoup his health. He wrote many pieces during his short stay and participated in Bhadrotsav celebrations. After his death in 1884, a public hall on the Main Road was named Kesab Hall in his memory. Amongst the Brahmo missionaries who visited Hazaribagh regularly was Pramathalal Sen.
Geography
Demographics
As per the
2011 Census of India
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, Hazaribagh Urban Agglomeration had a total population of 153,599, of which males were 80,095 and females 73,504.
Hazaribagh Urban Agglomeration is composed of Hazaribagh (
Nagar Nigam
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) and
Okni
Okni (mentioned in census records as Okni No. II, a census town) is a neighbourhood of Hazaribagh town in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Okni is located at .
Demographics
As per the 2011 Census of In ...
(
Census Town). As per the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Hazaribagh Nagar Parishad had a total population of 142,489, of which 74,132 were males and 68,357 females.
Scheduled Castes
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numbered 7,987 and
Scheduled Tribes
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numbered 2,708.
India
census
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, Hazaribagh had a population of 127,243. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Hazaribagh has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 64.83%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 70%. In Hazaribagh, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population of the town and the area is overwhelmingly Khortha speaking, However, due to migration of people from other state people Hindi is also spoken but mainly in town areas. There is a sprinkling of the Santhali-speaking population mainly in the rural areas. The Hindus form the majority of population, with a sizable Muslim population. Punjabis form small minorities. Hazaribagh was upgraded to a municipal corporation in June 2015 by adding the area and population of 19 adjoining villages. As per the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Hazaribagh UA was 122,881 (90.14 percent of the total population) out of whom 66,602 (93.82 percent of males) were males and 56,279 (86.14 percent of females) were females.
As per the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Hazaribagh Nagar Parishad was 112,533, out of whom 60,840 were males and 51,693 were females.
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Hazaribagh'', Hazaribagh (
nagar parishad) covered an area of 26.35 km
2. Among the civic amenities, it had 269 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells, overhead tank. It had 23,825 domestic electric connections, 1,405 road lighting points. Among the educational facilities it had 28 primary schools, 22 middle schools, 15 secondary schools, 4 senior secondary schools, 5 general degree colleges. It had 1 medical college, 1 engineering college, 1 management institute/ college, 1 polytechnic, 2 recognised shorthand, typewriting, and vocational training institutions, 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 special school for disabled, 1 orphanage home, 3 working women's hostels, 1 old age home, 2 stadiums, 5 cinema theatres, 3 auditorium/ community halls, 3 public library and reading rooms. Three important commodities it manufactured were sattu, agarbatti, rice mill products, furniture. It had branches of 14 nationalised banks, 8 private commercial banks, 1 co-operative bank, 1 agricultural credit society, 19 non-agricultural credit societies.
Climate
Konar River
The Konar River is a tributary of Damodar River in Hazaribagh and Bokaro districts of the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Course
The Konar originates near Sultana village on the Hazaribagh-Chatra Road. Thereafter, the Konar with its tributary Siwan ...
, a tributary of
Damodar River
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, flows past the town. Hazaribagh has been a thick forest earlier and is still surrounded by forests.
Economy
Industry
Hazaribagh has the second highest coal reserve in Jharkhand (Dhanbad region has the first), and it is still largely intact. Recently there has been a spurt in the coal mining activities in the region by Central Coalfields Ltd., a subsidiary of
Coal India Limited
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. Work is currently going on for the development of
NTPC's 3000 MW. Reliance Power's 3600 MW Super Thermal Power Projects was also proposed but was later pulled out due to the failure of the negotiations between government and company on land distributions.
Demotand and Chaano are industrial areas.
Education
The Dublin Mission has educational institutions and a women's hospital. Activities of the mission were started at Hazaribagh in 1899, under the aegis of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
St. Columba's College was one of the oldest in Bihar. Hazaribagh now has
Vinoba Bhave University
Vinoba Bhave University is a state university located at Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India, about 100 km from Ranchi, the state capital. The university offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, manages and maintains 12 con ...
within the city limits, named after Saint Vinoba Bhave. It is the second largest university of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
. It also hosts private university
AISECT University, Jharkhand. St. Columba's College, Medical College of Dhanbad and many engineering and local colleges are affiliated to this university. Jajnery Institute of Technology, Hazaribagh is a college for Polytechnic, management and IT.
After independence,
Roman Catholics
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established a girls' school, Mount Carmel school Hazaribagh, in 1949. Parallel to this Reverend Father John Moore, an Australian Jesuit missionary, set up
St. Xavier's School in 1952. Vivekananda central school hazaribagh cbse affiliated established in 1992. D.A.V Public School Hazaribagh, started in 1992 and run by D.A.V College Managing Committee (New Delhi).
National Public School, Hazaribagh
The National public school, Hazaribagh was established in 1977 and is located near the centre of Hazaribagh town. The school is co-educational and has over a thousand students. The school is affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi. Although the language ...
, started in 1977, is now affiliated to CBSE, it is managed by L.K.C. Memorial Education Society. Montfort School, Hazaribagh is situated on Kanhari Hill Road. Mount Litera Zee School and Kidzee, Hazaribagh is located at Katgarah Village, opposite the firing range, Meru, Hazaribagh and its city office are situated near the Mission Hospital. It is a network of Zee learn.
Hazaribagh has the police training center for the whole of Jharkhand. The
Border Security Force
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(BSF) also has a large presence. East India's largest training center is here in the forest with hilly terrain. The
Central Reserved Police Force is also present in the town near the lake.
Universities
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Vinoba Bhave University
Vinoba Bhave University is a state university located at Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India, about 100 km from Ranchi, the state capital. The university offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, manages and maintains 12 con ...
General colleges
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Annada College, Hazaribagh
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History
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Bhadrakali College
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, Itkhori
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G.M.(Ghanshyam Mehta) Evening College, Ichak
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Karnpura College, Barkagaon
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K.B. Women's College
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Markham College of Commerce
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St. Columba's College, Hazaribagh
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Vananchal College, Tandwa
Intermediate colleges
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Chhotanagpur Inter College, Berokala, Hazaribagh
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Geeta Science Inter Mahavidyalaya, Hazaribagh
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Ghanshyam Mehta Inter College, Ichak, Hazaribagh
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Gulmohar Inter College
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, Hazaribagh
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Gyan Jyoti Inter College GYAN, Gyān, Gyaan or Gyan may refer to:
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, Hazaribagh
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Inter Science College, Zabra Road, Hazaribagh
Engineering colleges
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University College of Engineering And Technology, Hazaribagh
Medical colleges
*
Gyan Jyoti Paramedical & Nursing College, Hazaribag
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Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Hazaribagh
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Shaheed Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College, Hazaribagh
Teachers training colleges
*
Daulat Mahto M.T.T. College, Banaso, Bishnugarh, Hazaribagh
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Deo College of Education
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* Derek Oldbury (1924–1994), known as DEO, a British draughts champion
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, Hazaribagh
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Gautam Buddha T.T. College Gautama, Gautam or Gotama may refer to:
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, Hazaribagh
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Maa Vindhyavashini College of Education, Hazaribagh
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S.B.M. T.T. College, Hazaribagh
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Sri Ram Krishna Sarda Ashram, Teachers Training College, Ravindrapath, Hazaribagh
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Swami Dharmabandhu College of Education, Hazaribagh
Schools
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Angels High School, Hazaribagh
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Carmel School Hazaribagh
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D. A. V. Public School, Hazaribagh D. or d. may refer to, usually as an abbreviation:
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, Canary Hill Road
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Delhi Public School Hazaribagh
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Doon Central School, hurhuru.
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Gulmohar Public School, Badkagaon Road, Hazaribagh
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Gyanodaya Central School, Hurhuru
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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
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, Bonga, Hazaribagh
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Kendriya Vidyalaya, Hazaribagh
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Montfort School, Hazaribagh
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Mount Litera Zee School
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, Silwar, Hazaribagh
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Naman Vidya
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St. Augustine's High School, Hazaribagh
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St. Stephen's School, Hazaribagh
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St. Xavier's School, Hazaribagh
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Sangam Public School, Barkagaon
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Sister Nivedita Montessori School
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S.V.N Public School, Jai Prabha Nagar, Hazaribagh
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Vivekananda Central School, Rabindra Path
Politics
Krishna Ballabh Sahay
Krishna Ballabh Sahay ( hi, कृष्ण बल्लभ सहाय; 31 December 1898 – 3 June 1974) ,fondly known as K B Sahay was an Indian freedom fighter, who after Indian Independence became the Revenue Minister of Bihar and the ...
(born in
Sheikhpura
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PIN code of Sheikhpura post office is 811105.
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but had land in Khadhaiya, a village in Tandwa Block), the renowned freedom fighter and subsequently chief minister of Bihar, belonged to Hazaribagh. As revenue minister, he was instrumental in the abolition of zemindaries in Bihar. In 1952 that was the first such legislation in the country. The political rivalry between the
Kamakhya Narain Singh
Maharaja Kamakhya Narain Singh Bahadur (10 August 1916 – 7 May 1970) of Ramgarh, Jharkhand was the Maharaja Bahadur of Ramgarh Raj and later a politician. He belonged to the Rathore clan of Rajput. Early life and family
He was educated ...
, the Raja of Ramgarh, and K.B. Sahay was the talk of the town in the 1950s.
In the elections for the first Lok Sabha held in 1951, Nageshwar Prasad Sinha of Congress won the Hazaribagh East seat, and
Baboo Ram Narayan Singh, an Independent candidate, won the Hazaribagh West seat. In 1957, Lalita Rajya Lakshmi, of the
Ramgarh Raj
Ramgarh Raj was the major ''Zamindari'' estate in the era of the British Raj in the former Indian province of Bihar.
Territories which comprised the Ramgarh Raj presently constitute districts of Ramgarh, Hazaribagh,
Chatra, Giridih, Koderma, ...
family, won the seat. Basant Narayan Singh, the younger brother of Kamakhya Narayan Singh, won the seat four times, in 1962, 1967, 1977, and 1980. Damodar Pandey of Congress won it in 1984.
Yadunath Pandey
Yadunath Pandey is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected as a member of the 9th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India under Prime Minister V. P. Singh representing Hazaribagh
Hazaribagh is a ...
of BJP won it in 1989.
Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta
Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta (born 2 August 1940) is an Indian politician, affiliated to the Communist Party of India. He represented the Hazaribagh constituency of Jharkhand in the 14th Lok Sabha.
Biography
Mehta was born in August 2, 1940 in a p ...
of CPI won the seat in 1991 and in 2004.
Mahabir Lal Viswakarma of BJP won the seat in 1996.
Yashwant Sinha
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of BJP won the seat in 1998 and went on to become Finance Minister and later Foreign Minister in the NDA government. He also won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections.
Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta
Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta (born 2 August 1940) is an Indian politician, affiliated to the Communist Party of India. He represented the Hazaribagh constituency of Jharkhand in the 14th Lok Sabha.
Biography
Mehta was born in August 2, 1940 in a p ...
of the
Communist Party of India
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won the seat in 2004 with the help of seat-sharing of the UPA.
Jayant Sinha
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, a senior leader of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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and the son of former Foreign Minister
Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha (, born 6 November 1937) is an Indian administrator and politician. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and again from March 1998 to July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal B ...
, won the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, defeating the closest rival Saurabh Narayan Singh of the Indian National Congress by a huge margin of 1,59,128 votes.
A scion of the erstwhile kingdom of
Ramgarh Raj
Ramgarh Raj was the major ''Zamindari'' estate in the era of the British Raj in the former Indian province of Bihar.
Territories which comprised the Ramgarh Raj presently constitute districts of Ramgarh, Hazaribagh,
Chatra, Giridih, Koderma, ...
;
Rajkumar Udaybhan Narain Singh is the director of J.I.A.D.A. and is a senior member of
Bhartiya Janta Party
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, he has a stronghold over this area.
Transportation
![Hazaribagh Town](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Hazaribagh_Town.jpg)
The nearest international airport is
Birsa Munda Airport Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, ().
Ranchi
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is connected with
Bengaluru,
New Delhi
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,
Hyderabad
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,
Mumbai
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,
Kolkata
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and
Patna
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), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...
by regular flights. A new long railway line has been constructed from Koderma-Hazaribagh-Barkakana line and became operational in February 2015. Two trains run between and
Hazaribagh Town railway station (not to be confused with Hazaribagh Road railway station). The railway line from Hazaribagh to Barkakana Junction has been completed and the trains are running from Hazaribagh to Barkakana. Hazaribagh is situated on NH 33 and the road distances to major cities are: Ranchi , Dhanbad (via GT road), Bokaro (via Ramgarh), Gaya , Patna , Daltonganj , and Kolkata (via Dhanbad-Asansol-Govindapur-Bardhaman) . Regular bus service connects Hazaribagh to these places.
Notable residents
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Rahul Verman - Engineer, Social Activist born in Barkatha & educated in Karnataka.
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A. E. J. Collins
Arthur Edward Jeune Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914) was an English cricketer and soldier. He held, for 116 years, the record of highest score in cricket: as a 13-year-old schoolboy, he scored 628 not out over four afternoons in Ju ...
(18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914) - held the record for the highest score in cricket (628 not out) for 116 years
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Subodh Ghosh
Subodh Ghosh (14 September 1909 – 10 March 1980) was a noted Indian author of Bengali literature and a journalist with the Kolkata-based daily newspaper '' Ananda Bazar Patrika''. Born at Hazaribagh on 14 September 1909, now in Jharkhand, he s ...
- journalist and writer, born at Hazaribagh in 1909; also studied at St. Columba's College
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Raj Kumar Gupta
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- Film Director, born & educated in Hazaribagh.
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Bulu Imam - environmental activist,
Gandhi International Peace Award
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Recipient, 2011
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Tapen Sen
Tapen Sen (born 2 September 1953) is a former judge of the Calcutta High Court, the Punjab & Haryana High Court, Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Jharkhand High Court and is currently holding the chair as the President of the Jharkhand Sta ...
- judge in the
Calcutta High Court
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Yashwant Sinha
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- Indian politician and a former finance minister of India (1990–1991) and March 1998 – July 2002. Foreign minister (July 2002 – May 2004)
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Rajkumar Udaybhan Narain Singh Independent Director of JIADA and is the grandson of
Kamakhya Narain Singh
Maharaja Kamakhya Narain Singh Bahadur (10 August 1916 – 7 May 1970) of Ramgarh, Jharkhand was the Maharaja Bahadur of Ramgarh Raj and later a politician. He belonged to the Rathore clan of Rajput. Early life and family
He was educated ...
and
Basant Narain Singh
Maharaj Kumar Dr. Basant Narain Singh (b. at Padma Lakshmi Nivas Palace, Hazaribagh District, April 9, 1918) was an Indian politician and a member of the 7th Lok Sabha representing Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency) of Bihar State.
Education a ...
of the erstwhile kingdom of
Ramgarh Raj
Ramgarh Raj was the major ''Zamindari'' estate in the era of the British Raj in the former Indian province of Bihar.
Territories which comprised the Ramgarh Raj presently constitute districts of Ramgarh, Hazaribagh,
Chatra, Giridih, Koderma, ...
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Syed Zafar Islam -
Member of Parliament
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and spokesperson of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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. Islam is a former investment banker and the former managing director at
Deutsche Bank
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.
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Subhash Mukhopadhyay - Founder of India's first child using
in-vitro fertilization
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from a Bengali Family in Hazaribagh.
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Mihir Vatsa - Award-winning author of ''Tales of Hazaribagh: An Intimate Exploration of Chhotanagpur Plateau''.
Nearby places
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Koderma
Kodarma (also spelled as Koderma) is a city and a notified area in the Koderma subdivision of the Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India, Kodarma Nagar Parishad had a total population of 2 ...
produces 60%-65% of the world's mica; it is away from the city.
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Konar Dam
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, from Hazaribagh
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Surajkund hot spring is from Hazaribagh. The water is boiling and is beneficial for the treatment of skin diseases and rheumatism. It is from Belkappi, near Barakattha, located halfway between Barhi and Bagodar on the Grand Trunk Road.
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Tilaiya Dam
Tilaiya Dam was the first of the four multi-purpose dams included in the first phase of the Damodar Valley Corporation. It was constructed across the Barakar River, at Tilaiya in Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand and opened in ...
across the Barakar River has hillocks all around and there also nestles one Sainik School nearby.
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Ranchi
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the state capital of Jharkhand, from the township limit via NH33 (nearest
Tropic of Cancer
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falls on the same highway)
See also
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Hazaribagh (community development block)
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Hazaribagh District
Hazaribagh district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India and the district headquarter located in Hazaribagh town. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
Etymology
The district is named after its headquarters, the tow ...
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List of cities in Jharkhand by population
This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities (those not included in the Urban Agglomerations), with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Jharkhand:
Urban agglomeration
In the census of India 2011, an urban ag ...
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List of cities in Jharkhand by area
*''The cities which are listed in bold are the headquarter of the respective District''.
‡ — State Capital
See also
* List of cities in India by area
*List of cities in Jharkhand by population
References
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References
External links
Hazaribag district administration
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Hill stations in Jharkhand
Cities and towns in Hazaribagh district