Munger, formerly spelt as Monghyr, is a twin city and a Municipal Corporation situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern India and undivided Bengal during Mughal period and British Raj. It is one of the major political, cultural, educational and commercial center of Bihar and Eastern India. Munger is situated about 180km from east of capital city Patna, about 480km west of Eastern India's largest city Kolkata and 1200km from country's capital New Delhi.
Muzaffarpur is a city located in Muzaffarpur district in the Tirhut region of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur district and the Muzaffarpur Railway District. It is the fourth most populous city in Bihar.
Sheikhpura district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. Sheikhpura is the administrative headquarter of this district. Sheikhpura district is a part of the Munger division. Sheikhpura was split from the Munger district into a separate district with headquarters in Sheikhpura on 31 July 1994 by Rajo Singh. As of 2011 it was the least populous district of Bihar.
Nalanda district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. Bihar Sharif is the administrative headquarters of this district. The districts is home to the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nalanda is located in the Magadh region of southern Bihar.
Shri Krishna Singh (Sinha) (21 October 1887 – 31 January 1961), also known as Shri Babu, was the first chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946–61). Except for the period of World War II, Sinha was the chief minister of Bihar from the time of the first Congress Ministry in 1937 until his death in 1961. Along with the Desh Ratna Rajendra Prasad and Bihar Vibhuti Anugrah Narayan Sinha (A.N. Sinha), Sinha is regarded among the 'Architects of Modern Bihar'. He also led the Dalit entry into the Baidyanath Dham temple (Vaidyanath Temple, Deoghar), which reflected his commitment towards the upliftment and social empowerment of the Dalits. He was the first chief minister in the country to abolish the zamindari system. He underwent different terms of imprisonment for a total of about eight years in British India. Sinha's mass meetings brought hordes of people to hear him. He was known as Bihar Kesari for his lionlike roars when he rose to address the masses. His close friend and eminent Gandhian Bihar Vibhuti A.N. Sinha in his essay Mere Shri Babu wrote that, "Since 1921, the History of Bihar has been the history of the life of Shri Babu".
Barbigha is a city and a municipality in the Sheikhpura district of Bihar, India. It is well connected by road to the state capital of Patna. National highways NH33 and NH333A also pass through Barbigha, and Bihta-Sarmera four lane state highway passes from Gopalbad near it.
Rajo Singh was a politician from Bihar, India. He remained active in the electoral politics at the state and national level for over 50 years.
Kurauni is a village of India, which is located at Sheikhpura District in Bihar State in India. The old name of the village is Kurhani. The village comes in Mehus Panchyat, Police station is Korma, post office is Katri, Block Sheikhpura, Loksabha MP Constituency is Nawada and Mp is Chandan Singh and MLA Seat Area is Barbigha And MLA is Sudarshan Kumar. The total population of the village was 1,043 as per 2001 census report. The market of the village is Sheikhpura, Barbigha.
Sunila Devi was an Indian social activist and politician. She was an executive member of an NGO called People's Association for Research and Development, Patna which is working on financial inclusion of women and on the issues of women empowerment through micro-finance activities particularly in Nawada district of Bihar. She was wife of Sheikhpura former MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh alias Munna Singh who died in 2010, who was two times Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly before her. Now her son represents Barbigha earlier as Candidate of Indian National Congress but in 2020 Elections he joined Janata Dal (United).
170 Barbigha Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Nawada Lok Sabha constituency. It is home constituency of Bihar's first chief minister Shri Krishna Singh.
Aftab Alam is an Indian judge who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
The criminal Ashok Mahto gang, which was active in the Indian state Bihar, was led by Ashok Mahto and included Pintu Mahto. Ashok Mahto and his gang were responsible for the 2005 killing of Rajo Singh, a sitting Member of Parliament. Ashok Mahto was imprisoned but escaped from Nawada jail in 2002. Pintu Mahto killed three police officers during the prison breakout. The gang's leaders are said to belong to either the Kurmi or Koeri caste, and was supported by the backward castes in the Nawada and Sheikhpura regions. The Mahto gang was waging a war of retribution against the exploitative upper-caste Bhumihars. Mahto and his gang were responsible for the killings of a large number of Forward Caste people in late 1990s.
Swarna Singh is an Indian politician. She ran for office for the first time in the constituency Gaura Bauram, Darbhanga, State of Bihar and won with 59,538 votes.
Vijay Kumar Singh, also known as Dabloo Singh is an Indian politician and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly of India. He was elected in 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal from Nabinagar.
Krishna Kumar Singh was an Indian politician. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the BJP State Executive. He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Council from 2014–2020.
Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu (1906–1974) was an Indian writer, litterateur, poet, independent activist and political leader. He won the 1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from an assembly seat in Purnia. He also held the post of Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1962 to 1967. Sudhanshu is known for actively participating in the Quit India Movement in 1942. He was imprisoned in Bhagalpur jail by the Britishers.
Vijay Kumar Singh was an Indian politician who represented the Singheshwar Assembly constituency as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2005. He was a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Pachna is a village in Sheikhpura district of Bihar. It is the birthplace of Sufi saint Makhdoom Shah Muhammad Munim Pak. This villages comes under the Sheikhpura Municipal Corporation and Sheikhpura Assembly Constituency. It became a part of Sheikhpura Nagar Parishad in 2021 update. There is a very old Temple of Pahadi Baba.
Bhojdih is a village in the Ariari Community Developmental Block of Sheikhpura district in the Indian state of Bihar. According to the 2011 Census of India, there is a total population of 1377 people. The Postal Index Number is 811105.
Ramgarh Chowk is a block of Lakhisarai district, Bihar. Ramgarh Chowk is a block in Lakhisarai district of Bihar state, India. It comes under Lakhisarai sub-division and Munger division.
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