Medininagar
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Medininagar, is a city and municipal corporation in Palamu district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the administrative headquarter of Palamu district and divisional headquarters of Palamu division, as well as the subdivision and block of the same name. The city is situated on the banks of the North Koel River. It is the main city in north-western part of Jharkhand.
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Place details
- Locality
- Medininagar
- Region
- Jharkhand
- Country
- India
- Population
- 78,396
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Medininagar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Daltonganj Montage photo image.png
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from the top :- Shahpur Bridge, North Koel River, Betla National Park, Redma Bridge, Shahpur Fort and New Collectorate Building
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- India Jharkhand
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- Medininagar
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- Location of Medininagar in Jharkhand
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- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
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- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jharkhand
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Palamu
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Palamu
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1880
- Settlement.founder
- Edward Tuite Dalton
- Settlement.named_for
- Maharaja Medini Ray
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Origin of name
- Geography
- Administration
- Transport
- Demographics
- Culture
- Climate
- Education
- Medical Facilities
- Places of Interest
- See also
- References
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Medininagar, is a city and municipal corporation in Palamu district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the administrative headquarter of Palamu district and divisional headquarters of Palamu division, as well as the subdivision and block of the same name. The city is situated on the banks of the North Koel River. It is the main city in north-western part of Jharkhand.
==Origin of name== The city was named Daltonganj during the British Raj after Irishman Colonel Edward Tuite Dalton (1815–1880), an anthropologist and the commissioner of Chota Nagpur in 1861. The name was changed to Medininagar in 2004 by the state government of Jharkhand, after Raja Medini Ray of the Chero dynasty. The former name is still retained in the name of the city's railway station. It is administered by the Medininagar Municipal Corporation, which was formed on 30 May 2015.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medininagar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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