Haidernagar block

Haidernagar Harinagar(हरि नगर)
Block
Haidernagar Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Haidernagar Haidernagar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°30′26″N83°52′02″E / 24.5071762°N 83.8672042°E / 24.5071762; 83.8672042
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Block	Haidernagar
Government
•  MLA	Kamlesh Kumar Singh, NCP candidate
Population  (2001)
• Total	146,139
Languages
• Official	Magahi, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	822115
Vehicle registration	JH 03
Website	palamu.nic.in/Haidernagar.html

Haidernagar, informally known as Babhandih, ^[1] is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India.

History

Haidarnagar is a Rajput-dominated region since 1770 when the Mahthan Rajputs hailing from Nabinagar captured the town. The nawab of Eshaknagar made a treaty with rajput chief Babu Shiv Dayal Singh to grant zamindari rights and change the name of Eshaknagar to Babhandih. According to the treaty, 24 out of 55 villages were granted to Shiv Dayal Singh. Later the estate got divided into Babu Sahebs of Babhandih, Bilaspur, and Golhana Haidernagar. The nawabs lost honour and value among the locals. Babu Tapeswari Singh^{[ who? ]} went to study law from a college in Bihar. His son, Biseswar Dayal Singh, was prominent name in the area and resisted the British for measuring net sown area^{[ clarification needed ]} in his estate until 1942 when it was finally done. He was active in politics and the freedom struggle, inspired by Gandhian vision he led the workers strike at Dalmia Paper Factory. He donated acres of lands during the bhoodan gramdan movement of Vinoba Bhave. The descendants of the main branch of Zamindar family lives in Babhandih. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Languages

Languages spoken there include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17 000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu; ^[4] and Magahi, Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 40 million speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts. ^[5]

See also

• Palamu Loksabha constituency
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

References

1. "हैदरनगर".
2. Ansari, Saiyad Hasan (27 September 1986). ""Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley"".
3. ""Rajput's Mansion ( राजपूत मैन्शन)"".
4. M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Asuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
5. M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

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