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Nalanda in Bihar. Explore its public directory, history, places, personalities and election references.
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Nalanda district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. Bihar Sharif is the administrative headquarters of this district. The districts is home to the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nalanda is located in the Magadh region of southern Bihar.
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History & identity
Nalanda became a fully-fledged district when it was split from Patna on 9 November 1972.
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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
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8 public place references
The Jal Mandir or Water Temple is situated in Pawapuri (also known as Apapapuri which means a town without sins), in the Indian state of Bihar. It is dedicated to Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara (religious preacher of Jainism),...
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Nalanda (IAST: Nālandā, pronounced [naːlən̪d̪aː]) was a renowned Buddhist mahavihara (great monastery) in medieval Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India. Widely considered to be among the greatest centres of learning in the ancient worl...
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Pant Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in India, situated near Rajgir in Nalanda district, Bihar, India. It is under the Nalanda forest division.
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Pawapuri, or Pavapuri (also called Apapapuri, meaning "the sinless town"), is a holy site for Jains located in the Nalanda district of Bihar state in eastern India. It is located about 19 kilometres from Rajgir and 101 kilometres...
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Rajgir (old name Rajagriha, meaning "The City of Kings") is an ancient city and university town in the Nalanda district of Bihar, India. It is also considered a cultural capital of Magadh. It was the capital of the...
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The Rajgir Hills, also known as "Rajgriha" hills, lie near the city of Rajgir in central regions of the Indian state of Bihar. It is surrounded by five hills named Ratnagiri, Vipulachal, Vaibharagiri, Songiri and Udaygiri. It is...
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The Rajgir Zoo Safari or Rajgir Wildlife Safari is a Wildlife safari located in Rajgir, Bihar, India, that opened to public on 16 February 2022. The zoo safari has been developed by the Department of Environment, Forest and...
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Saptparni Cave, also referred to as Sapta parni guha (Sanskrit) or sattapaṇṇi guhā (Pali), literally Seven-leaves-cave (cognate with sapta, sept), is a Buddhist cave site about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest from Rajgir, Bihar, India. It i...
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The Jal Mandir or Water Temple is situated in Pawapuri (also known as Apapapuri which means a town without sins), in the Indian state of Bihar. It is dedicated to...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1370229786Nalanda (IAST: Nālandā, pronounced [naːlən̪d̪aː]) was a renowned Buddhist mahavihara (great monastery) in medieval Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India. Widely considered to be among the greatest centres of learning in...
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Alimineti Madhava Reddy (28 February 1949 – 7 March 2000) was an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected four times to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1376920073Ashraf Asthanvi (2 February 1967 – 15 November 2022) was an Indian Social Activist, Journalist, Columnist and Writer of Urdu-language. He is the author of Adhyatmak Evam Manavta Ke Prateek Shaikh Sharfuddin...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1317155323Braj Nandan Yadav is an Indian politician who was elected as a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Harnaut constituency in 1990 as Independent candidate and in 1995 he won the Bakhtiarpur...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1373162695Sir Ganesh Dutta Singh (variously, Ganesh Dutt, Ganesh Dutt Singh; 13 January 1868 – 26 September 1943) was an Indian lawyer, educationist and administrator during the British Raj. He did much to...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1294598636Kalim Ahmed Ajiz (1920 – c. 14 February 2015) was an Indian writer of Urdu literature and a poet. He was an academic and the chairman of the Urdu Advisory Committee of...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1370089719Reena Devi, sometimes known as Reena Yadav, is an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United). She is the member of the Bihar Legislative Council from Nalanda. She has won 2 consecutive MLC...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1350130717Satyadev Narayan Arya (born 1 July 1939) is the former and 19th Governor of Tripura. He also served as 17th governor of Haryana. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1360943497Syed Sabahuddin Abdur Rahman (c. 1911 — 18 November 1987) was an Indian historian and writer. He was the editor of Ma'arif, a monthly journal. He had served as the director and...
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