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MUNGER

Munger is a twin city and a Municipal Corporation situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern India and undivided Bengal during Mughal period and British raj. It is one of the major political,cultural,educational and commercial center of Bihar.
Historically, Munger is known for being an ancient seat of rule. The twin city comprises Munger and Jamalpur situated on the southern bank of the river Ganges. It is situated 08 km from Jamalpur Junction,180 km east of capital city Patna and 430 Km from kolkata the capital of West Bengal.
Munger is said to have been founded by the Guptas (4th century CE) and contains a fort that houses the tomb of the Muslim saint Shah Mushk Nafā (died 1497). In 1763 Mīr Qasīm, nawab of Bengal, made Munger his capital and built an arsenal and several palaces. It was constituted a municipality in 1864. Of.
Economy
Indian Railways operates of Asia's largest and oldest railway workshops at Jamalpur. This was set up by the British Raj in 1862.
Munger has also ITC Factory established by British. Ordinance Gun Factory Munger , ITC Milk Dairy and many others.
Places of interest
- Munger Fort, covers an area of around 222 acres
- Chandika Asthan, a sacred Shakti-Peeth
- Kastaharni Ghat on the Ganges
- Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary
- Bihar School of Yoga
- Sita Kund hotspring
- Rishi Kund hotspring
- Pir Pahar
- Jai Prakash Udyaan / Company Garden
- Dolphin ECO Park for the conservation of Gangetic river dolphin.
- Mir Qasim's Tunnel
- Peer Shah Nafah Shrine
- Kharagpur Jheel (Lake)
- Goenka Shivalaya / Machli Talab
Education
- Bihar School of Yoga is one of the notable organizations in the field of Yoga established in 1964 by Satyananda Saraswati.
- Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
- Biswanath Singh Institute of Legal Studies
- Munger University
- Government College of Engineering
- Government Forestry College
- RD & DJ College(one of the oldest colleges in Bihar,ESTD.1898).
- Notredame Academy, Munger
- Notredame Academy, Jamalpur
- Birla Open minds international school,Munger bypass road
Notable people
- Nandalal Bose, sculptor and painter
- George Browne, 6th Marquess of Sligo (1856–1935), Anglo-Irish aristocrat, born in Munger
- Mona Das - Washington State Senate
- Brahmanand Mandal - Former MP from Munger Lok Sabha constituency
- Wali Rahmani - General Secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board of India
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, poet
- Monazir Hassan -four-time MLA from Munger and one-time member of the Indian Parliament in 15th Lok Sabha (2009 to 2014) and represented Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).
- Krishna Singh, first Chief Minister of Bihar and a freedom fighter
- Kumar Suresh Singh, Director-General of Anthropological Survey of India
- Udit Narayan Singh of Shakarpura Raj Zamindari- local benefactor
- Niranjanananda Saraswati, yoga Guru
- Satyananda Saraswati, founder of Bihar School of Yoga
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