Rajendra Nagar (often spelled Rajender Nagar) is a neighbourhood in

Patna Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

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. It is named after

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independen ...

, the first

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. It is spread between

Kumhrar Kumhrar or Kumrahar is the area of Patna where remains of the ancient city of Pataliputra were excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India starting from 1913. It is located 5 km east of Patna Railway Station. Archaeological remains ...

road and Nala road from Dinkar golambar and Ramakrishna Avenue to Saidpur road. This area is served by Kadamkuan PS of

Patna Police ''Patna Police'' (Hindi: पटना पुलिस) is the police service responsible for law enforcement within Patna district, including the capital city of Patna in an Indian state of Bihar. Patna Police is the largest police service in th ...

Overview

Rajendra Nagar is a planned colony divided by numbered roads. It has several open spaces like Parks and playing fields. Rajendra Nagar also hosts the biggest stadium of

Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Moin-ul-Haq Stadium previously known as Dr. Rajendra Prasad stadium is located in Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar, India. The multi-purpose stadium has hosted three One Day International (ODI) matches including one from the 1996 Cricket World Cup ...

(formerly Rajendra Nagar Stadium).

Transport

Rajendra Nagar Terminal Rajendra Nagar Terminal, (Station code: RJPB), is a railway station serving the capital city of Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located in Rajendra Nagar in Patna and is in the Danapur railway division of the East Central Railway z ...

is the railway station for the Rajendra Nagar.RJPB
Indiarailinfo It connects to many metropolitan cities of India by the Howrah-Delhi Main Line. The important trains include the Rajendra Nagar (Patna) Rajdhani Express,

Rajendranagar Express Rajendranagar is a mandal in Ranga Reddy district of the Indian state of Telangana. and it is also Rajendranagar revenue division. Rajendranagar is being developed as an IT hub. The Government of Telangana has planned to develop an IT cluster i ...

(

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), Patna- Indore Express etc.

References

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