Hazaribagh
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
Hazaribagh | |
---|---|
City | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | |
Vehicle registration | JH-02 |
Website | hazaribag |
Hazaribagh is a city and a
Etymology
The name of the town 'Hazaribagh' (हज़ारीबाग़) is derived from two
The last syllable in its name probably originated from a mango grove which formed a camping ground for troops and travelers marching along a military road from Kolkata to Varanasi, constructed in 1783 and the following years. The Grand Trunk Road subsequently replaced this military road in the mid-19th century, but the layout differed at places, particularly around Hazaribagh.[4] A dilapidated watch tower meant to guard the military road is still visible on Tower Hill, near Silwar.[5] In common literature, native English author Kajol Aikat has also mentioned Hazaribagh as the Land of Thousand Gardens in his debut novel Unsocial Amigos.
History
In ancient times the district was covered with inaccessible forests inhabited by tribes who remained independent. The entire territory of Chhotanagpur, now known as Jharkhand (meaning forest territory) was presumably beyond the pale of outside influence in ancient India. Throughout the Turko-Afghan period (up to 1526), the area remained virtually free from external influence. It was only with the accession of Akbar to the throne of Delhi in 1557 that Muslim influence penetrated Jharkhand, then known to the Mughals as Kokrah. In 1585, Akbar sent a force under the command of Shahbaj Khan to reduce the Raja of Chotanagpur to the position of a tributary.
After the death of Akbar in 1605, the area presumably regained its independence. This necessitated an expedition in 1616 by Ibrahim Khan Fateh Jang, the Governor of Bihar and brother of Queen Noorjehan. Ibrahim Khan defeated and captured
In 1632, Chotanagpur was given as Jagir (endowment) to the Governor at Patna for an annual payment of Rs.136,000. This was raised to Rs.161,000 in 1636. During the reign of Muhammad Shah (1719–1748), Sarballand Khan, the Governor of then Bihar, marched against the Raja of Chotanagpur and obtained his submission. Another expedition was led by Fakhruddoula, the Governor of Bihar in 1731. He came to terms with the Raja of Chotanagpur. In 1735 Alivardi Khan had some difficulty in enforcing the payment of the annual tribute of Rs.12,000 from the Raja of Ramgarh, as agreed to by the latter according to the terms settled with Fakhruddoula.
This situation continued until the occupation of the country by the British. During the Muslim period, the main estates in the district were Ramgarh, Kunda, Chai and
When the Grand Chord railway line was opened in 1906,
Hazaribagh town
The Town became a cantonment in 1790, the Ramgarh battalion having been raised ten years earlier. It was then part of Ramgarh district. It became a district headquarters in 1834. Hazaribagh was constituted as a municipality in 1869. The military cantonment, south-east of the town, flourished until 1874, when, after an outbreak of enteric fever in 1874, the troops were mostly withdrawn, except for a small detachment to mind the penitentiary. This resulted in a planned city. This part of the town is known as Boddam Bazar, after the officer who laid it out. Many Englishmen settled in Hazaribagh during the British period. They built large bungalow-type houses, often with sloping roofs. They were great hunters and hunting stories abounded in the town by word of mouth. Most of them left after India became independent. Tutu Imam topped the list of hunting legends in the town along with Rajendra Pandey. A century ago it was common for tigers and leopards to prey upon livestock in the outskirts of the town. The town had a population of 15,799 in the 1901 census. It was described in as "little more than a cluster of hamlets, with intervening cultivation, which sprang up around the former military bazar." Hazaribagh Central Jail housed many leaders of the
Early settlers
A small but effective
Later, scholars such as Mahesh Chandra Ghosh and Dhirendranath Choudhury made the town their home. The poet
Geography
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1901 | 15,799 | — |
1911 | 17,009 | +7.7% |
1921 | 17,060 | +0.3% |
1931 | 20,947 | +22.8% |
1941 | 24,918 | +19.0% |
1951 | 33,812 | +35.7% |
1961 | 40,958 | +21.1% |
1971 | 54,818 | +33.8% |
1981 | 80,155 | +46.2% |
1991 | 97,824 | +22.0% |
2001 | 127,269 | +30.1% |
2011 | 142,489 | +12.0% |
2021 | 185,000 | +29.8% |
2022 | 190,000 | +2.7% |
Source: [10] |
As per the
The Hindus form the majority of population, with a sizable Muslim population. Punjabis form small minorities. Hazaribagh was upgraded to a municipal corporation in June 2015 by adding the area and population of 19 adjoining villages. As per the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Hazaribagh UA was 122,881 (90.14 percent of the total population) out of whom 66,602 (93.82 percent of males) were males and 56,279 (86.14 percent of females) were females.[11] As per the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Hazaribagh Nagar Parishad was 112,533, out of whom 60,840 were males and 51,693 were females.[13]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Hazaribagh, Hazaribagh (nagar parishad) covered an area of 26.35 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 269 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells, overhead tank. It had 23,825 domestic electric connections, 1,405 road lighting points. Among the educational facilities it had 28 primary schools, 22 middle schools, 15 secondary schools, 4 senior secondary schools, 5 general degree colleges. It had 1 medical college, 1 engineering college, 1 management institute/ college, 1 polytechnic, 2 recognised shorthand, typewriting, and vocational training institutions, 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 special school for disabled, 1 orphanage home, 3 working women's hostels, 1 old age home, 2 stadiums, 5 cinema theatres, 3 auditorium/ community halls, 3 public library and reading rooms. Three important commodities it manufactured were sattu, agarbatti, rice mill products, furniture. It had branches of 14 nationalised banks, 8 private commercial banks, 1 co-operative bank, 1 agricultural credit society, 19 non-agricultural credit societies.[15]
Climate
Climate data for Hazaribagh (1981–2010, extremes 1901–2012) | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 30.6 (87.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
39.1 (102.4) |
41.7 (107.1) |
43.9 (111.0) |
46.6 (115.9) |
39.6 (103.3) |
39.1 (102.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
46.6 (115.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.6 (97.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.0 (71.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
2.9 (37.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 19.1 (0.75) |
22.2 (0.87) |
15.8 (0.62) |
18.8 (0.74) |
44.8 (1.76) |
237.6 (9.35) |
387.7 (15.26) |
341.3 (13.44) |
256.1 (10.08) |
57.9 (2.28) |
9.3 (0.37) |
9.7 (0.38) |
1,400.3 (55.13) |
Average rainy days | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 10.7 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 11.9 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 71.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST )
|
58 | 54 | 43 | 35 | 38 | 58 | 77 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 58 | 60 | 59 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[16][17] |
Konar River, a tributary of Damodar River, flows past the town. Hazaribagh has been a thick forest earlier and is still surrounded by forests.
Economy
Industry
Hazaribagh has the second highest coal reserve in Jharkhand (Dhanbad region has the first), and it is still largely intact. Recently there has been a spurt in the coal mining activities in the region by Central Coalfields Ltd., a subsidiary of
Education
This section may contain embedded lists. by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article. (March 2022) |
The Dublin Mission has educational institutions and a women's hospital. Activities of the mission were started at Hazaribagh in 1899, under the aegis of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
After independence,
Hazaribagh has the police training center for the whole of Jharkhand. The Border Security Force (BSF) also has a large presence. East India's largest training center is here in the forest with hilly terrain. The Central Reserved Police Force is also present in the town near the lake.
Universities
General colleges
- Markham College of Commerce
- St. Columba's College, Hazaribagh
This section may contain embedded lists. by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article. (April 2023) |
- Annada College, Hazaribagh
- Bhadrakali College, Itkhori
- G.M.(Ghanshyam Mehta) Evening College, Ichak
- Karnpura College, Barkagaon
- K.B. Women's College
- Vananchal College, Tandwa
Intermediate colleges
This section may contain embedded lists. by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article. (April 2023) |
- Chhotanagpur Inter College, Berokala, Hazaribagh
- Geeta Science Inter Mahavidyalaya, Hazaribagh
- Ghanshyam Mehta Inter College, Ichak, Hazaribagh
- Gulmohar Inter College, Hazaribagh
- Gyan Jyoti Inter College, Hazaribagh
- Inter Science College, Zabra Road, Hazaribagh
Engineering colleges
This section may contain embedded lists. by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article. (April 2023) |
Medical colleges
This section may contain embedded lists. by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article. (April 2023) |
- Gyan Jyoti Paramedical & Nursing College, Hazaribag
- Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Hazaribagh
Teachers training colleges
This section may contain embedded lists. by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article. (April 2023) |
- Daulat Mahto M.T.T. College, Banaso, Bishnugarh, Hazaribagh
- Deo College of Education, Hazaribagh
- Gautam Buddha T.T. College, Hazaribagh
- Maa Vindhyavashini College of Education, Hazaribagh
- S.B.M. T.T. College, Hazaribagh
- Sri Ram Krishna Sarda Ashram, Teachers Training College, Ravindrapath, Hazaribagh
- Swami Dharmabandhu College of Education, Hazaribagh
Schools
- Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bonga, Hazaribagh
- St. Xavier's School, Hazaribagh
This section may contain embedded lists. by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article. (April 2023) |
- Angels High School, Hazaribagh
- Carmel School Hazaribagh
- D. A. V. Public School, Hazaribagh, Canary Hill Road
- Delhi Public School Hazaribagh
- Doon Central School, hurhuru.
- Gulmohar Public School, Badkagaon Road, Hazaribagh
- Gyanodaya Central School, Hurhuru
- Jack and Jill School, Hazaribagh, Sardar Road
- Kendriya Vidyalaya, Hazaribagh[19]
- Montfort School, Hazaribagh
- Mount Litera Zee School, Silwar, Hazaribagh[20]
- Naman Vidya
- St. Augustine's High School, Hazaribagh
- St. Stephen's School, Hazaribagh
- Sangam Public School, Barkagaon
- Sister Nivedita Montessori School
- S.V.N Public School, Jai Prabha Nagar, Hazaribagh
- Vivekananda Central School, Rabindra Path
Politics
In the elections for the first Lok Sabha held in 1951, Nageshwar Prasad Sinha of Congress won the Hazaribagh East seat, and
Yashwant Sinha of BJP won the seat in 1998 and went on to become Finance Minister and later Foreign Minister in the NDA government.[21] He also won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections. Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta of the Communist Party of India won the seat in 2004 with the help of seat-sharing of the UPA.
Jayant Sinha, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the son of former Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha, won the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, defeating the closest rival Saurabh Narayan Singh of the Indian National Congress by a huge margin of 1,59,128 votes.
A scion of the erstwhile kingdom of
Transportation
The nearest airport is
The railway line from Hazaribagh to Barkakana Junction has been completed and the trains are running from Hazaribagh to Barkakana. Hazaribagh is situated on
Notable people
- A. E. J. Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914) - held the record for the highest score in cricket (628 not out) for 116 years[22][23]
- Subodh Ghosh - journalist and writer, born at Hazaribagh in 1909; also studied at St. Columba's College[24]
- Raj Kumar Gupta - Film Director, born & educated in Hazaribagh.[25]
- Member of Parliament and spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Islam is a former investment banker and the former managing director at Deutsche Bank.
- in-vitro fertilizationfrom a Bengali Family in Hazaribagh.
- Tapen Sen - judge in the Calcutta High Court[28][29]
- Rajkumar Udaybhan Narain Singh Independent Director of JIADA and is the grandson of Kamakhya Narain Singh and Basant Narain Singh of the erstwhile kingdom of Ramgarh Raj
- Yashwant Sinha - Indian politician and a former finance minister of India (1990–1991) and March 1998 – July 2002. Foreign minister (July 2002 – May 2004)[30]
- Mihir Vatsa - Award-winning author of Tales of Hazaribagh: An Intimate Exploration of Chhotanagpur Plateau.
Nearby places
- Kodermaproduces 60%-65% of the world's mica; it is 60 km (37 mi) away from the city.
- Konar Dam, 51 km (32 mi) from Hazaribagh
- Surajkund hot spring is 72 km (45 mi) from Hazaribagh. The water is boiling and is beneficial for the treatment of skin diseases and rheumatism. It is 2 km (1.2 mi) from Belkappi, near Barakattha, located halfway between Barhi and Bagodar on the Grand Trunk Road.
- Tilaiya Dam across the Barakar River has hillocks all around and there also nestles one Sainik School nearby.
- Ranchi the state capital of Jharkhand, 98 km (61 mi) from the township limit via NH33 (nearest Tropic of Cancer falls on the same highway)
See also
- Hazaribag travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Hazaribagh (community development block)
- Hazaribagh District
- List of cities in Jharkhand by population
- List of cities in Jharkhand by area
References
- ^ a b "Hazaribagh City". Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Incredible India, Hazaribagh". Incredible India. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Coal Buyers in Hazaribagh". CoalShastra - B2B Marketplace for Coal Buying & Selling in India. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, Orient Longmans, 1949.
- ^ "History | Hazaribag District, Government of Jharkhand | India". Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Chota Nagpur Division" in The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, Clarendon Press, Oxford. Vol. 10, Page 328.
- ^ "HISTORY/District Court in India | Official Website of District Court of India". districts.ecourts.gov.in. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Auswärtiges Amt; 6. Merkblatt über die Lage der Deutschen in Britisch-Indien; die Internierungslager auf Ceylon und Jamaica; Berlin 1941; (Dez. 1942)
- ^ "District Census Handbook Hazaribagh, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 652-654. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Provisional population totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Urban Agglomeration – Cities having population 1 lakh and above. Government of India. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Provisional population totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Constituents of Urban Agglomerations having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011. Government of India. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ a b "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Jharkhand – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "District Census Handbook Hazaribagh, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 651-662. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Station: Hazaribagh Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 321–322. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ UCET, Hazaribagh
- ^ Kendriya Vidyalaya, Hazaribagh
- ^ Mount Litera Zee School, Silwar Hazaribagh
- ^ Things to know about Yashwant Sinha | Business Standard (business-standard.com)
- ^ "AEJ Collins, 13, compiles highest score in all forms of cricket". Cricket Country. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Arthur Collins profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Book Excerptise: Love stories from the Mahabharata by Subodh Ghosh and Pradip Bhattacharya (tr.)". www.cse.iitk.ac.in. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Our boy's dream Bolly run - Director of Jessica and Aamir values his Hazaribagh roots". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Noted environmentalist Bulu Imam felicitated | Ranchi News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Support hope for Jharkhand tribal artists". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Justice Tapen Sen
- ^ "JharkhandHighCourt". Archived from the original on 4 December 2011.
- ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 12 September 2021.