Rajnagar, Bihar Explained

Rajnagar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Bihar#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates:26.3958°N 86.1608°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Bihar
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Madhubani
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Mithila
Government Type:Madhubani Municipal Corporation
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Maithili, Hindi, Urdu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:847235
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Blank3 Info Sec1:Rajnagar
Iso Code:IN-BR

Rajnagar is the nearest village to Madhubani, Bihar, India. The ruins of the Rajnagar Palace, destroyed in the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, are located here.

History

Maharajadhiraj Sir Rameshwar Singh Jha wanted to shift the headquarters of Raj Darbhanga from Darbhanga to Rajnagar and spent money in building palaces and temples and excavating or renovating tanks.[1] The palaces were ruined almost beyond repair and the temples were also very badly damaged.[1] The earthquake rendered the main palace through the Durga hall and the roof over the inner shrines into a mass of ruins and the marble image of the deity broke into pieces.[1]

The Shiva temple built on the South Indian model was beyond repair.[2]

The village has had electricity since 1959. A railway station of the North-Eastern Railway serves the village.[2] The village is also the centre of trade in Euryale ferox (water berries).[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Chaudhury . P. C. Roy . Bihar District Gazetteers: Darbhanga . 1964 . Superintendent Secretariat Press, Bihar . 738 . 4 June 2021.
  2. Book: Chaudhury . P. C. Roy . Bihar District Gazetteers: Darbhanga . 1964 . Superintendent Secretariat Press, Bihar . 739 . 4 June 2021.