?Sherghati Bihar • India
Sherghati
Coordinates: 24°34′N 84°47′E / 24.57, 84.78
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 121 m (397 ft)
District(s)	Gaya
Population	32,358 (2001)

Coordinates: 24°34′N 84°47′E / 24.57, 84.78 Sherghati is a town located in the Gaya District in Bihar, India. Previously a commissionary under the British Raj, it is now a premier town in Gaya district. Being situated beside the Grand Trunk road, it is directly connected to Delhi and Kolkata. For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Location of Mirzapur and the 82. ... The geography of India is diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, rainforests, hills, and plateaus. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... The divisions of a district. ... Gaya is a city in Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Gaya is a city in Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Anthem God Save The King The British Indian Empire, 1909 Capital Calcutta (until 1912), New Delhi (after 1912) Language(s) Hindustani, English and many others Government Monarchy Emperor of India  - 1858-1901 Victoria¹  - 1901-1910 Edward VII  - 1910-1936 George V  - 1936 Edward VIII  - 1936-1947 George VI Viceroy²  - 1858... The Grand Trunk Road (abbreviated to GT Road in common usage) is one of South Asias oldest and longest major roads. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ... , “Calcutta” redirects here. ...

Sherghati literally means 'the valley of lions'. The name finds its origin in the name of the great administrator and ruler, Sher Shah Suri. But, now it has become an allegory to honour the brave-hearted people of the area. Sher Shah Suri Sher Shah Suri (1486 – 1545) (Pashto/Persian: - Šīr-Šāh Ṣūrī) also known as Sher Khan and as The Lion King, was founder of the Sur Dynasty of northern Indian rulers. ...

It is the location of one of the first discoveries of a Mars meteorite, the Shergotty meteorite, whose fall was witnessed in 1865. Meteorites with similar physical characteristics to this original one are called shergottites. A Martian meteorite is a meteorite, that has landed on Earth but is believed to have originated from Mars. ... The Shergotty meteorite is the first example of the shergottite Mars meteorite family. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Willamette Meteorite A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives an impact with the Earths surface without being destroyed. ... A Mars meteorite is a meteorite that has landed on Earth and originated from Mars. ...

History

For centuries, until the accession of Akbar to the throne of Delhi, Sherghati had been inhabited by the adivasis that continue to live in the southern state of Jharkhand. The Kol community constituted the majority of the adivasi population of Sherghati. Ādivāsīs (आदिवासी) or tribal peoples comprise a substantial minority of the population of India. ... , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ... The Kol people, a generic name for the Munda, Ho and Oraon tribes (Adivasi) of eastern India. ...

Remains of the fort of the Kol rulers. One of the boundaries of the fort is visible in this picture.

According to the legend, when Aurangzeb attacked Sherghati after conquering Aurngabad, the brave Kols of Sherghati stopped the Mughal army at the bank of Morhar river and did not let them enter the borders of Sherghati. The two brave soldiers of the Mughal army under the Aurangzeb's rule, Quamar Ali and Sultan Ali were brought to death by the Kols. they were entombed river side near Hamzapur. Now This place is the worship by both the Hindus and the Muslims. This is probably one the reasons why the towns that come after Sherghati while coming from Aurngabad retain their original adivasi names (Dobhi, Barachatti, Chauparan, etc.). Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 234 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The picture shows one of the walls of the remains of the fort of Kol rulers of Sherghati. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 234 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The picture shows one of the walls of the remains of the fort of Kol rulers of Sherghati. ... kol or KoL may be: The Kol are a tribal people of eastern India A popular abbreviation for the humor-based online game, Kingdom of Loathing. ... Aurangzeb (Persian: ), also known as Alamgir I (Persian: ), (November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until his death. ... Aurangabad (pop. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...

Later, during the British Raj these adivasis were involved in a series of revolts against the British.

In 1934, a minor earthquake occurred in Sherghati, but it is not reported to be much devastating. In 1976, Sherghati was hit by huge flood. It claimed around 5-10 percent of the total area of Sherghati. The famous staircase well and the old jail-khana got drowned in that calamity.

Geography

Sherghati is located at 24.57° N 84.78° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 121 metres (396 feet). This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...

Sherghati is the southern most major town of Bihar. It shares the common boundary with the Chatra district of Jharkhand. The thick forest belt of Jharkhand looses its presence while we reach Sherghati. It has two main rivers one is Morhar and the other is called Sorhar (boodhi nadi) or the old river. , Chatra is a city and a municipality and headquarter of Chatra district in the state of Jharkhand, India. ...

Industries

Like most of the towns in Bihar, Sherghati is also prominently dominated by the agri based industries. The major cash crops produced here are rice, wheat, pulses, groundnut and sugar cane. Industrialization of this area, as is the case with the most of Bihar, has largely been neglected by the successive state and central governments. The major reason for the private sector not participating in the process is the lack of basic facilities like electricity, irrigation and roads. Electricity, for example, is available for only 6 to 8 hours per day. This statistic is as per the present scenario, earlier (before 2000) it used to be 2 to 4 hours per day, with several days without any supply. For other uses, see Rice (disambiguation). ... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat Wheat For the indie rock group, see Wheat (band). ... The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) defines pulses as annual leguminous crops yielding from one to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod. ... This article is about peanut, the food. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ...

The top two photographs are of the ruins Sheo Narayan Flour and Oil Mills. The bottom two photographs at the bottom are of the ruins of Arya Steel Udyog (functional till the mid 1900s) that produced iron and steel based equipments for the local agri-based industries.

Around forty to fifty years back the condition of industries in this area was far better comparatively. Since, at that time most of the Indian villages did not had access to electricity, the cost of production for the industries in Sherghati was almost the same as in the other villages. But, as soon as electricity reached the remote villages in other parts of the country, the industrialists (though small scale) in Sherghati faced fierce competitions from them and this led to the closure of industries that had just started to flourish in this area. One typical example is the closure of Sheo Narayan Flour and Oil Mills which is situated in the Gola Bazar area of Sherghati. It was started in the 1950s by Ram Sharan Prasad Arya, a local businessman. At that time there were only two to three oil mills in the entire Gaya District. The entire plant was imported from England via Calcutta. But, the functioning of the mill was finally stopped in 1980s after a series of interrupts. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 799 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1033 × 775 pixel, file size: 784 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photographs depicting the condition of industries in Sherghati. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 799 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1033 × 775 pixel, file size: 784 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photographs depicting the condition of industries in Sherghati. ... Gaya is a city in Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ...

At present there is probably no industry (even small scale) in Sherghati that can boast of a considerable growth rate. Although Sherghati has potential to grow on this front, it still lacks in law and order implementation.

Land reforms

Sherghati has always been in news for the communist uprising that has rose heights in this area. Sherghati is the home of the various extremist organizations like Naxalites, MCC (Maoist Communist Centre), PWG (Peoples War Group), etc. and their counterparts, the Ranvir Sena. Naxalite is an informal name given to revolutionary communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the Indian communist movement. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Peoples War, usually called Peoples War Group (PWG). ... Ranvir Sena is an anti-communistis resistance paramilitary group based in Bihar, India. ...

In 1952, the ‘Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act’ was passed and a large portion of the Sherghati Estate (Darbar House) which was owned by Babu Panchratan Lal, Babu Brijmohan Lal and Shiv Prasad Rauniyar was handed over to the government. They were the zamindars of Sherghati region and occupied a lot of land in this area.Still most of land is occupied by few people like that of kishore singh who is a renowd business man,politician and social worker of region

But, the discontent of the underprivileged, landless and the unemployed sections remained even after the reforms. The reasons are obvious, the crumbling industries giving rise to the extreme unemployment, in addition to the rapidly growing population. These people mostly belong to the SC/ST or the OBC. In most of the cases they join the extremist organizations, mentioned earlier, as an alternative to earn their livelihood.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Sherghati had a population of 32,358. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sherghati has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 62%, and female literacy is 56%. In Sherghati, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ...

Education

The condition of the education machinery in Sherghati has become slightly better (at least at the school level) since the DAV Public School has opened its branch in the town (in around 1992). It was a result of a lot of effort by the locals and the DAV managing committee. is an Indian public school in Dayanand Vihar, a suburb of Delhi located approximately 10 kilometers from Mayur Vihar. ...

In spite of the dreary education system in Sherghati there were people who went places in search of higher studies. Laxmi Prasad BA was the first graduate in the town. Aditya Prasad (of the Sherghati Darbar House) was among the first in the town to get a degree in engineering, that too from London, way back in 1924. Subodh Kumar Gupta I.A.S. Jharkhand Cadre and noted story teller Prabhat Manjudarshi also hails from Sherghati Darbar House family. , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ...

'Syed Shahroz Quamar', son of Haji Syed Muhammad Muslim Sadipuri of Quazi Muhalla is distinguished Hindi poet, writer and journalist. He has six collection of books in hindi published from noted publishers. Urdu ke Shreshtha Vyangya ( best urdu satire), Pakistan ki charchit gazlein ( known pakistani gazals), Hira hai to damkega hi ( based on Ramgopal Shukla's poems, hindi poet of chattisgarh), Ghutan ( based on kashmeeri gazal poet Om Garyali). Fire water togather is based on dialogue with shayar and philosopher Ramnarayan Swami Anqa. Urf Itihaas(alias history) , collection of his hindi poems is noted for its richness of experience. On the level of language the work touches upon various realms of moods in the life of the people. A literary magazine Punashcha has published a journal on his works. Malayalam Manorma 2006 has also mentioned. Now he is working on a project with the National Book Trust, India.

Shahzad Akhtar Khan, son of Abdul Moqueem Khan of Lodi Shaheed, passed out from University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom and is now working as Consultant for DFID (Department for International Development)

List of Schools:

• Dr. Zaheer Tishna Memorial School (Co-Education)
• DAV Public School (co-education)
• Ranglal High School
• Urdu Middle School
• Arabic Persian School (Madarsa)

List of Girls Schools:

• Manorama Kanya Pathshala
• Girls High School

List of Training Schools:

• District Training School (for teachers)

List of Colleges:

• Mahant Shatanand Giri college

Farhanul Haque

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