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Manbhum
1833–1956
District map of Bengal administration
Capital
Manbazar
Purulia[1]
Area
• 1833
20,449 km2 (7,895 sq mi)
• 1901
10,741 km2 (4,147 sq mi)
Population
• 1901
1,301,364[2]
• 1931
1,810,890
History
• Formation
1833
• Disestablished
1956
• Bifurcation
1956
Today part of
West Bengal (Purulia) Jharkhand (Dhanbad, Bokaro, Ranchi, Saraikela Kharsawan, East Singhbhum)
Manbhum District was one of the districts of the East India during the British Raj.[3] After India's independence, the district became a part of Bihar State. Upon the reorganization of the Indian states in the mid-1950s, the Manbhum district was partitioned based on language. The Bengal-speaking areas were included in West Bengal, while the rest were kept with Bihar (present-day Jharkhand).
^The Calcutta Review. 1869. p. 116.
^Gait, E. A. (1909). Census of India – 1901, Vol- VIA – The lower probinces of Bengal and their Feudatourie (Part II, The Imperial Tables). Bengal Secretariat Press. pp. 2–3. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023. Alt URL
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Manbhum" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 542.
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