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Buxar in Bihar. Explore its public directory, history, places, personalities and election references.
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Buxar district is one of the 38 districts of Bihar, India. Located in the southwestern part of the state, it is primarily an agricultural district. The district headquarters is at the town of Buxar. Buxar district was carved out from Bhojpur district on 17 March 1991, and is in the southwest of Bihar.
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History & identity
The Battle of Buxar and Battle of Chausa were fought in this district. The present district was created on 17 March 1991, when it was split off from Bhojpur district.
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Food processing · PMFME ODOP
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries lists these food-product priorities for this district in its dated PMFME One District One Product record. This identifies programme focus, rather than current crop output or the district’s complete food culture.
District products · ODOP reference
These products appear against this district in the linked One District One Product catalogue. They are documented product associations, rather than a current industrial census or a complete list of local businesses.
8 public personality references
District associations follow the linked public references; a connection does not necessarily mean birthplace or current residence.
Ajit Kumar Singh also known as Ajit Kumar Kushwaha is an Indian politician and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Dumraon Assembly constituency. Singh has been elected to assembly...
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Anand Mishra (born 1 June 1981) is an Indian politician and former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Buxar Assembly constituency in the...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1375995903Ananda Shiv Prasad (1928 – February 5, 2022) was an Indian-born American doctor specialising in the role of zinc in the human metabolism.
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1372568589Bashistha Narain Singh, is a politician from Janata Dal (United). He is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament....
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Ustad Bismillah Khan (born Qamaruddin Khan, 21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006), often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1377443709Dadan Singh Yadav alias Dadan Pahalwan is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Dumraon as the 2015 Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1378361919Harendra Pratap Pandey is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar who served as the member of Bihar Legislative Council from 2010 till 2016. He has served in various capacities...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1210827358Kailashpati Mishra (5 October 1923 – 3 November 2012) was an Indian politician. He was a leader of Jana Sangh along with Ramdeo Mahto who was founding leader of BJP in Bihar.
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1378303139These topic links were collected from the official district website’s navigation. Visit the original page for its complete information and current travel conditions.
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