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Saran division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Chapra is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists of Saran District, also called Chapra District, Siwan District, Gopalganj District.
Hathwa Raj was a zamindari in the Saran Division of Bihar belonging to Bhumihar Brahmins which encompassed 1,365 villages, was inhabited by more than 391,000 people, and produced an annual rental of almost a million rupees.[1]
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Notes
- ^ Yang, Anand A. (1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. pp. 305 (at page 69). ISBN 978-0520211001.
See also
Divisions and districts of Bihar, India Bhagalpur: Darbhanga: Kosi: Magadh: Munger: Patna: Purnia: Saran: Tirhut: Cities and towns in Saran Division Gopalganj district Saran district Siwan district See also Saran division topicsCities and towns
in other DivisionsReferences
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Categories:- Saran Division
- Divisions of Bihar
- Bihar geography stubs
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