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Coordinates: 26°04N 85°27E / 26.07°N 85.45°E / 26.07; 85.45
 

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Tirhut division
𑂞𑂲𑂩𑂯𑂳𑂞
Division
Location of Tirhut division in Bihar
Location of Tirhut division in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°04′N 85°27′E / 26.07°N 85.45°E / 26.07; 85.45
Country India
StateBihar
Established1908
HeadquartersMuzaffarpur
DistrictsVaishali
Sheohar
Sitamarhi
Muzaffarpur
East Champaran
West Champaran
Population
 (2011)
 • Total21,356,045
WebsiteOfficial website[dead link]

Tirhut DivisionorTirhut Commissionary[1] is an administrative-geographical unit of BiharinIndia. Muzaffarpur is the headquarters of the Division. The Division comprises six districts -- Muzaffarpur, West Champaran (headquartered at Bettiah), East Champaran (headquartered at Motihari), Vaishali (headquartered at Hajipur), Sitamarhi and Sheohar.

The administrative head of Tirhut Division is a Commissioner, a senior officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Tirhut's present Divisional Commissioner is Shri Pankaj Kumar, an IAS officer of the Bihar cadre.

Khudi Ram Bose, Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi, Manzoor Ahsan Ajazi, Bhagwan Das, Juba Sahni, Raj Kumar Shukla, Ramdayalu Singh, Mathura Singh, Binda Babu and Mahesh Babu were some of the freedom fighters of Tirhut.

Mahatma Gandhi launched his struggle for independence from the East ChamparanorMotihari district of this Division in 1916. It was the Karma BhoomiofDr. Rajendra Prasad, Acharya J.B. Kripalani and Jayprakash Narayan. Motihari is the birthplace of famous writer George Orwell.[2]

Languages of Tirhut division in 2011.

  Bajjika (38.98%)
  Bhojpuri (29.67%)
  Hindi (23.37%)
  Urdu (7.41%)
  Bengali (0.20%)
  Other (0.37%)

References

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  1. ^ about tirhut divsiontirhut-muzaffarpur.bih.nic.in[dead link]
  • ^ Crick, Bernard (2004). "Eric Arthur Blair [pseud. George Orwell] (1903–1950)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford, England, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. The commissioner proceeded to bully gandhi and advised him forthwith to leave tirhut.
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