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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.
Nazargunj (tr.: a place worth seeing) is an Indian princely state, originating in Purnea, in the state of Bihar.
There is also a new chowk called Shrikrishna Chowk, and a market is growing near the chowk.
The nuns of Loretto convent of Darjeeling had come to Purnia near about 1882 and had opened a day school as well as a boarding school for children in Purnia district.
Unfortunately, the excellence of his singing style and tradition did not survive his death though his influence stayed with some of his disciples who are striving hard to keep the flame burning in Purnia.
Surajpuri (Surjapuri) is one of the eastern Indian languages mainly spoken in Bihar (Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Araria), north Bengal, eastern Nepal and north western Bangladesh.It has significant similarities with both Hindi and Bengali languages.