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8 unusual facts about Jharkhand


45th Rattray's Sikhs

The regiment was allocated to the new India on independence and is now the 3rd Battalion, the Sikh Regiment, with its headquarters at Ramgarh, Jharkhand (formerly part of Bihar state), India.

Dâlma

Dalma Hills - a hill range located near the industrial city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, eastern India.

Hartmann College

Its sister institute, Bishop Hartmann Academy, is situated in Ara Gate, Mahilong, Ranchi – 835103 Jharkhand.

Mandu

Mandu, Jharkhand, a township in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, India

Noor Mohammad

Haji Noor Mohammad was the zamindar of the two major areas of Ratu and Kadru of the Ranchi district, capital city of the present-day state of Jharkhand in India.

Pani

Some Pāṇis migrated inland to the tribal areas of Jharkhand and settled during the Mughal period (17th century).

Santali cinema

Santali cinema has its presence in the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa, parts of Nepal, Jhapa District &Morang District, where the Santhal people live.

West Bengal Sampark Kranti

In its journey, it passes through Indian States of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.


Ananya Express

It covers a distance of 2,141 km at an average speed of 60 km per hour, travelling through the Indian states of Paschim Banga (West Bengal), Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

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.

Bano railway station

Bano Station, station code BANO, is the railway station serving the city of Bano in the Simdega district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Barakar River

DVC’s second dam was across the Konar River, a tributary of the Damodar, in Hazaribagh district, and the third was across the Barakar at Maithon in Dhanbad district of Bihar, now Jharkhand.

Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri

The institute is administered by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Jharkhand, and is academically affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag for conducting examinations and awarding degrees.

Bundu

Bundu, India, a town, a notified area, in Ranchi district in the state of Jharkhand, India

Central Institute of Psychiatry

It catered to the needs of the European mental patients only and it was under the direct control and management of Government of Bihar (then, Jharkhand was a part of Bihar).

Chittaranjan

The passenger rail head serving Chittaranjan is located in Mihijam, which is in Jharkhand.

Constant Lievens

After a few months of preliminary contacts and study of the language and customs of the Munda people Lievens settled in a hut at Torpa, a large village 60 km south of Ranchi (today’s capital city of the Jharkhand state).

Goodearth Publications

Indore; state guides to Assam, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand; and district / site guides to Bhimbetka and Bhojpur, Bastar, Chanderi, Gwalior, Bhoramdeo, Sirpur,

Harihar Dham

Harihar Dham is located at 3 km away from Grand Trunk Road at Bagodar 60 km South west of the Giridih district headquarter in the North Chotanagpur division division of the state of Jharkhand, India.

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).

Jagannath Sarkar

After joining the Communist Party, he moved to the working class areas of Bihar and then Jharkhand, were, in the 1940s and 1950s, he engaged in campaigns for miners' and colliery workers' rights.

Jai Balaji group

The Group has been promoted by Kolkata based businessmen and includes nine Iron and Steel making plants in Durgapur, Raniganj and Liluah in West Bengal; Rourkela in Orissa; Durg in Chhattisgarh and Saraikela in Jharkhand.

Khyati Mangla

XII in Arts stream from DAV Public School, Hehal Ranchi, Jharkhand in 2007.She got 57% in XII Board due to which she could not take admission in St. Xavier's College, Ranchi.

Latehar district

Latehar district has two of the highest waterfalls in Jharkhand – Lodh Falls and Lower Ghaghri Falls, along with several others.

Majitar

Although students from all over the country, mainly Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Guwahati lives there at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology.

Manbhumi dialect

Tusu songs are sung by village girls during a month long observance of Tusu festival in villages of Purulia and some parts of Barddhaman, Bankura and Birbhum districts of West Bengal and parts of East Singhbhum, Saraikela Kharsawan, Bokaro, Dhanbad and Ranchi districts of Jharkhand.

Muri Junction railway station

Muri Junction, station code MURI, is the railway station serving the city of Muri, Ranchi in the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Obra, Bihar

Long distance such as Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Daltonganj and other part of Jharkhand are directly connected with daily buses and for Patna (114 km) more than dozens of buses plying apart from many Tata Sumo and Tata Wingers.

Paul Goethals

Goethals actively encouraged evangelization and education in the Chota Nagpur Plateau of Central India and was an effective help to Constant Lievens's work among the Mundas, Oraons and Kharias in the future state of Jharkhand.

Radia tapes controversy

# Madhu Koda: Rs 1.50 billion was allegedly demanded by Koda, then Jharkhand Chief Minister, for granting iron ore mine licence to the Tatas at Ankua.

Ranchi district

Ranchi city, the capital of Jharkhand state is the district headquarters.

Rourkela Railway Division

Adra, Kharagpur, Chakradharpur and Ranchi divisions are located in the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand respectively.

S.B. Sinha

Justice S. B. Sinha was born on August 8, 1944 at Dhanbad in the state of Jharkhand, India.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Safiur Rahman was born in the year 1942 AD 1360 AH in Husainabad a village one mile deep to the north side of Mubarakpur, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Sanjeeva Kumar Singh

Sanjeeva Kumar Singh is an Indian Archery coach from Jharkhand.

Sarna

Sarnaism, the religious beliefs held by tribes in the state of Jharkhand, India, and other central Indian states

Sitarampur

Many local and passenger trains connect Sitarampur with Dhanbad, Gomoh, Chittaranjan, Asansol and Bardhaman and to Madhupur & Deoghar in Deoghar district of Jharkhand and various other parts of Jharkhand and Bihar.

St. Xavier's, Hazaribagh

Xavier’s School, Hazaribagh is a Jesuit school in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India.

Steel Authority of India

Besides, it has R&D centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS), Centre for Engineering and Technology (CET), Management Training Institute (MTI) and SAIL Safety Organization (SSO) located at Ranchi capital of Jharkhand.

Wüstite

In addition to the type locality in Germany, it has been reported from Disko Island, Greenland; the Jharia coalfield, Jharkhand, India and as inclusions in diamonds in a number of kimberlite pipes.

Yogoda Satsanga Society of India

YSS's headquarters, Yogoda Satsanga Math, is situated in Dakshineswar, in the state of Kolkata with branches in Dwarahat, in the state of Uttarakhand, and Ranchi, in the state of Jharkhand.


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