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Chhapra is the headquarters of Saran district in the state of Bihar, in India. Saran is a good boy studying in 8th standard in IJHSS Tangasseri, Kollam, Kerala, India. ... Bihar (बिहार in Devanagari) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. ...


It has a long history of Lord Ram's era. Here only, Ram had released Ahilya from her stone statue status due to the curse of her husband Gautam muni. Ramayan describes it as Ahilya-Uddhaar.That place is here named as Gautam sthan. Also, when lord Shiva carried the dead and burnt body of Parvati from the holy yagnakund of Daksh Prajapati, then the neck of Parvati's body fell here and the holy Shaktipeeth Ambika Sthan established here at Chapra. The place is known as Ambika sthan. Shivpuran has the details about the same. Mahadani King Mayurdvajh's palace's bhagnawashes is still here, under the monitoring of Archeological Survey of India, just on the bank of Ganga-Saryu sangam at Chirand area. In modern era. The first president of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad was of Chapra district. Shri jayprakash narayan, Majharul Haq, Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, Pandit Ramavatar Sharma, Pandit kapil Dev Sharma, Bharat Mishra, all were of same soil of Chapra. This place had also given 6 chief ministers to Bihar State. So, still Chapra is a place to visit due to its many importances. The approach to the town is much easy through Train or Road. It is on the main route of transportation. The state capital Patna only 70 kms. From here.


Article by :- Mukund Hari


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Whether the Chhapra poll should be countermanded or not would be decided by the EC after the two-member committee submits its reports on Monday.
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History,geography and description of Chhapra,Siwan,Gopalganj, districts of Saran,Bihar. (940 words)
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Chairperson of Municipality : Chhapra- Gayatri Devi ;Revelganj - Ramesh Prasad ;Marhowrah - Urmila Devi ;Dighwara - Phool Kumari Devi ; Sonepur - Sunita Devi; Siwan - Runu Kumari; Mairwa - Sushila Devi ; Maharajganj - Manju Devi ; Gopalganj - Kiran Devi ; Kateya - Menka Rai ; Barauli - Arun Kr.
Bhikhari Thakur, popularly known as Shakespear of Bhojpuri, was born on 18th Dec.,1887 at Kutubpur (Diyara) village in Saran District.
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