Forbesganj
Sign in to saveForbesganj is a city with municipality in the Araria District (formerly Purnia District before 1992) in the state of Bihar, India, situated at the border of Nepal.
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Place details
- Locality
- Forbesganj
- Region
- Bihar
- Country
- India
- Population
- 50,475
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Forbesganj
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sunset at Sultan Pokhat, Forbesganj (INDIA).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sunset at Sultan Pokhat, Forbesganj
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Bihar#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Bihar, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bihar
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mithila
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Araria district
- Settlement.named_for
- Forbesganj
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Council
- Settlement.governing_body
- Forbesganj Municipal Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- MLA
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Forbesganj is a city with municipality in the Araria District (formerly Purnia District before 1992) in the state of Bihar, India, situated at the border of Nepal.
==Etymology== During the British Raj, the area was under the administration of British district collector and municipal commissioner, Alexander John Forbes (1807–1890), of the East India Company. Forbes had a bungalow at the same location. Consequently, the area was known as 'residential area', also abbreviated as 'R-area'. Over time the name transformed to 'Araria' and the neighboring subdivision came to be known as 'Forbesganj'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forbesganj” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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