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16 unusual facts about Bhagalpur


Alexander Dow

Alexander Dow (1735/6, Perthshire, Scotland – 31 July 1779, Bhagalpur) was an Orientalist, writer, playwright and army officer in the East India Company.

Bhagalpur – Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express

The Bhagalpur – Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express is a superfast train of Indian Railways which connects Bhagalpur, an important town of Bihar and Delhi, the capital of India.

Bhagalpur Sari

Bhagalpur Sari is an silk sari made in Bhagalpur, India.

Bihar Agricultural University

Bihar Agricultural University is an autonomous institute under Bihar state government established in 2010 under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) situated at Sabour, Bhagalpur district of Bihar.

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.

Howrah–Delhi main line

From Rajmahal, construction progressed rapidly, moving westward along the banks of the Ganges, reaching Bhagalpur in 1861, Munger in February 1862, and opposite Varanasi (across the Ganges) in December 1862 and then on to Naini on the bank of the Yamuna.

Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat railway line

The new railway line takes off from Dumka towards the north and will connect with Bhagalpur railway junction.

The new line to Sultanganj goes towards the north and will connect with Sultanganj railway station on the Kiul–Jamalpur–Bhagalpur railway line.

Manjusha Art

These boxes are used in Bishahari puja, a festival dedicated to the Snake God that is celebrated in Bhagalpur, India.

Rameshwar Singh

He was appointed to the Indian Civil Service in 1878, serving as assistant magistrate successively at Darbhanga, Chhapra, and Bhagalpur.

St. Joseph's School, Bhagalpur

Rev Urban Mc Garry, the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bhagalpur started an English Medium Co-Education school in Bhagalpur on 15 November 1982 and invited Sisters of St. Ann of Providence from Secunderabad as a core team to assist him.

Tilka Manjhi

When he was finally caught in 1784, he was tied to the tail of a horse and dragged all the way to the collector's residence at Bhagalpur, Bihar, India.

Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University

Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, also known as Bhagalpur University, is a public university in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India.

Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary

Bhagalpur Junction Railway Station serves as the nearest railhead.

Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India.

William Francklin

On being invalided, 1 Oct. 1815, he was made regulating officer at Bhagalpur.


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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.

Badri Narain Sinha

Sinha served as Superintendent of Police, Champaran (1958–63) and Bhagalpur (1965-68), Superintendent of Railway Police, Muzaffarpur (1968–70) and Senior Superintendent of Police, Ranchi (1970–71), Deputy Inspector-General of Police and Member Secretary, Bihar Police Manual Revision Committee in June, 1971, Deputy Inspector - General of Police, Central Range, Patna (1974–77) and later D.I.G. of Police, Criminal Investigation Department till his death in harness on 7 November 1979.

Godda

Road links exist to Bhagalpur, Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur, Sahebganj, Lalmatiya (Lalmatia Colliery) and other major towns in the region.The nearest airports are Patna, Ranchi and Kolkata.

Hindustan Dainik

They are spread across Delhi, Bihar (Patna, Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Bhagalpur), Jharkhand (Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Varanasi, Meerut, Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Moradabad, Aligarh, and Kanpur) and Uttarakhand (Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani).

Jahurul Islam Medical College and Hospital

The medical college & hospital is situated in the village of Bhagalpur under Bajitpur Upazila of Kishoreganj District.

Kuppaghat

Kuppa Ghat (Hindi: कुप्पाघाट) is a place located on the banks of the holy river Ganges at Bhagalpur, Bihar, India.

Sandish Compound

Sandy's Compound is a 30 year old park and zoo located in Khanjarpur, Bhagalpur City, Bihar, near Jaiprakash Narayan, Udyan.

Vikramshila Express

Later on, when Mr. Nitish Kumar became the railway minister of India, he gave Vikramshila its own existence and since then Vikramshila Express uses to run from Bhagalpur to Anand Vihar on its own name.

Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary

The Vikramshila Biodiversity Research and Education Centre (VBREC), led by Dr. Sunil Chaudhary, together with the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), the Environmental Biology Laboratory of Patna University, and T.M. Bhagalpur University, has initiated a project to improve the conservation value of Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary.