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2 unusual facts about Banka district


Banka district

A Ratha-Yatra procession of Lord Madhusudanah occurs every year on the same day as the Rath Yatra procession in Puri.

Banka is gradually becoming a religious tourism hotspot for Hinduism and Jainism.


Anga

Based on Mahabharata evidence, the kingdom of the Angas roughly corresponded to the districts of Bhagalpur, Banka, Purnia, Munger, Katihar and Jamui in Bihar and districts of Deoghar, Godda, and Sahebganj in Jharkhand; later extended to include Malda and Uttar Dinajpur in Bengal.

British Lingua

Thousands of students have been trained in spoken English Skills besides grooming their personality.The project- Spoken English Skills and Capacity Building Training programme for the Bihar Government High schoolteachers has been introduced in four districts, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Banka and Bhagalpur, with the encouragement of the State Council for Education Research Training Bihar, India.

Rana dynasty

Their families established marital relations with the Royal families & Thikanas like Jasmor (head of the Pundir clan), Banka, Gogunda, Samode, Neemrana (direct descendents of Prithviraj Chauhan), Mahendragarh, etc.


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