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4 days ago · On the occasion of Bihar Earth Day, tree level was organized in Mandil Panchayat under Jehanabad Block by organizing district level program. People were motivated to plant trees and distributed saplings.
Jehanabad is a city in Nagar Parishad and is the headquarters of Jehanabad district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Jehanabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. Jehanabad town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jehanabad district is a part of Magadh Division, and is located on the confluence of two small rivers called Dardha and Yamunaiya.
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4 days ago · The district of Jehanabad has a certain place in the history of India. The description is found in the famous book “Aine-e-Akbari”. The book says that the place was badly affected by famine in the 17th century and people were dying of hunger.
Jan 3, 2024 · Later, the area became known as Jehanabad. The 17th century the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb established a relief centre for the famine affected people at this place and named it as ‘Jahanara’. Jahanara Aurangzeb’s sister supervised the Mandi herself and spent a lot of time at this place.
Jehanabad may not be amongst the most sought after tourist destinations of our country, but surprisingly it does boost quite a few unique places. This includes world’s oldest surviving rock-cut caves and a Sufi daragh that was first in the entire India to be dedicated to a woman saint.
The city of Jehanabad, which is the head quarter of the district, is situated at the confluence of the rivers Dardha & Yamuna. According to the provisional estimate, this district is situated in between 25-0’ to 25-15’ degree north latitude and 84-31’ to 85-15’ eastern north latitude.
Barabar hills is an unarguably the most sought-after tourist destination of Jehanabad district. It’s a home to the world’s oldest surviving caves. Being a rare historical site today this has become an international tourist destination and attracts fair number of foreign tourists every year.
Overall, since Jehanabad is home to some of the richest and oldest archeological collections of India, it makes up for a very interesting tourist destination. Although Jehanabad lacks to some extent in terms of urban infrastructure, anyone with slightest of interest in rich history of India will find Jehanabad more than interesting.
