Dhaka, East Champaran Explained

Dhaka
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Bihar
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates:26.68°N 85.17°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Bihar
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Purvi Champaran
Government Type:Nagar Parishad
Governing Body:Nagar Parishad house of Dhaka
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:55
Population Total:45,897
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi, Urdu
Demographics1 Title2:Regional/Spoken
Demographics1 Info2:Bhojpuri
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type: 845418
Registration Plate:BR05
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Sheohar
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Dhaka

Dhaka is a town and a notified area in the district of East Champaran entry point Mehsi in the state of Bihar, India. Dhaka is Nagar Parishad that is divided into 25 wards. It is the headquarters of Sikrahana subdivision. In the last 10–15 years Dhaka emerged as the town for its nearby area. It is very close to the border of Nepal. People of all religions live here, but this is a predominantly Muslim area. Its land is second cheapest after Raxaul in Bihar. There are both criminal and civil courts dealing with cases for the whole jurisdiction. There are two graduate degree level colleges in Dhaka. There are busy and bustling markets here that offers goods of all brands.

Dhaka is also known as a land of 'champaran satyagrah' which was started by Mahatma Gandhi.Another prominent leader and freedom fighter was siyaram thakur. And mla from 1977 to 1979.From Janta party government.

Geography

Dhaka is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 55 metres (180 feet). Its boundaries touch Nepal, Sitamari, and Sheohar.

It is 30 km from Chakia, 12 km from Bairgania and 28 km from Motihari.

Political history

Dhaka is famous for leaders like Avaneesh Kumar Singh. Born in an educated family, his father Late Shri Vindhyachal Singh was a noted scholar. Vindhyachal Singh served as Deputy District Magistrate and District Welfare officer of Chaibasa and Dumka respectively of then Bihar and now Jharkhand. Avaneesh Kumar Singh emerged as a Hindu face and he brought The Bhartiya Janta Party on grounds in the late 1990s. With a record margin of 1.5 lakh votes he won the first election and later served 4 times from the same constituency and one time from Chiraiya Constituency as Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA). Motiur Rahman, who was MLA during early 1990s, and became Rajya Sabha MP in 2004. He died in 2007. Apart from him, many politicians such as Anwarul Haque, Nek Mohammad, Pawan Jaiswal, Faisal Rahman are from this area. Pawan Jaisawal was MLA of Dhaka from 2010-2015. Faisal Rahman served as MLA from 2015-2020. The current MLA is Pawan Jaisawal, from Bhartiya Janta Party.

Faisal Rahman is the son of MP Motiur Rahman. As an MLA Pawan Jaiswal started a very good and appreciable tradition of group marriage "samuhik vivah". In his first year 75 were married, then 101 couples, then 125 couples benefited from this policy.

Shri Vishwanath Singh and Shri Namdev Prasad Shrivastava from the nearby village Ruphara were eminent freedom fighters and were prominent in Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha and Quit India Movement. Siyaram Thakur another prominent leader and a freedom fighter who went to jail during British time . He was MLA and minister from janta party government during the period of 1977-1979. He worked as a political leader and for the welfare of the people of his constituency.

References

  1. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Dhaka.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dhaka

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