Bettiah
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- +5:30
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- Bettiah
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- City
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- Anticlockwise from top left -Bettiah Raj mahal Saheed Park, Sagar pokhra and Shiv Mandir, Supriya Cinema road, Bettiah auditorium and Maharaja Stadium, Gandhi statue at Hariwatika Chowk, Aeria view of Station chowk.
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- 333px
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- India Bihar
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- right
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- Location in Bihar, India
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- Country
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- State
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- District
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- Bihar
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- West Champaran
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- 1244 AD
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- Gangeshwar Dev
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- Mayor-council
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- Bettiah Municipal corporation
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- The Literary History of Champaran
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Bettiah is a city and the administrative headquarters of West Champaran district (Tirhut Division) in the Indian state of Bihar. It is near the Indo-Nepal border, northwest of Patna.
==History== thumb|330px|right|Ghanta Ghar of Bettiah Raj Mahal In 1244 A.D., Gangeshwar Dev, a Bhumihar of the Jaitharia clan, settled at Jaithar in Champaran. One of his descendants, Agar Sen, acquired large territories during the reign of Emperor Jahangir, and was bestowed the title of 'Raja' by Emperor Shah Jahan. In 1659, he was succeeded by his son Raja Gaj Singh, who built the palace of the family at Bettiah. He died in 1694 A.D. The palace stands today and is used as a marketplace.