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Munger in Bihar. Explore its public directory, history, places, personalities and election references.
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Munger district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. The city of Munger is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is a part of Munger Division. Its literacy rate of 73.3% is higher than the state literacy rate of 63.8%, but lower than national rate of 74.04%. The present collector and District Magistrate of Munger is Arvind Kumar Verma (IAS). Rajeev Rajan Singh Urf Lalan Singh is the district's MP.
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History & identity
Munger has seen five districts partitioned off from its territory: Begusarai in 1972; Khagaria in 1988; and Jamui in 1991; and Lakhisarai district and Sheikhpura in 1994.
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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.
Gaurishankar Dalmia was an Indian freedom fighter, politician, social reformer, philanthropist, and journalist. He was recognized for his contributions to India's independence movement and extensive charitable work.
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1359870098Kaberi Bose (28 March 1938 – 18 February 1977) was an Indian actress. She was an acclaimed actress in Bengali cinema. Her notable films include Nagar Darpane (1975), Je Jekhane Dariye (1974),...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1357029741Mewalal Chaudhary (4 January 1953 – 19 April 2021) was a leader of Janata Dal (United) and a minister for a brief period of time in the Nitish Kumar's cabinet. He was...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1350075911Syed Muhammad Amimul Ehsan Barkati (1911–1974, Urdu: سيد محمد عميم الاحسان بركتى, Bengali: সাইয়্যেদ মুহম্মদ আমীমুল এহসান বরকতী) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar who served as the third Khatib of the Baitul...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1359218991Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore, Bose was...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1376113733Neeta Choudhary (c. 1969 - 2 June 2019) was an Indian politician belonging to Janata Dal (United). She was elected as MLA of Tarapur in Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2010. Her husband...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1361390079Samrat Choudhary (born 16 November 1968) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 24th Chief Minister of Bihar since 15 April 2026. He has been a member of the Bihar...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1377986119Shakuni Choudhary (born 4 January 1936) is an Indian politician who is a founding member of Samata Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1376539833These 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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