Hazaribagh

Hazaribagh, Bihar

There was a cantonment to the south-east of the town. However in 1874, owing to an outbreak of enteric fever which resulted in numerous deaths, the troops were withdrawn with the exception of a small detachment.

Spelling variants

Hazaribagh, Hazaribag, Hazareebagh, Hazareebaugh

Dublin University Mission at Chota Nagpur (DUMCN)

This Mission was based in Hazaribagh and was established in 1891. A dispensary and hospital were opened in 1892, and a girls’ and boys’ high school as well as a primary school followed by 1897. Over the next 70 years, the DU Mission community was well staffed by missionary clergy, doctors, nurses, teachers and lay people from Ireland and elsewhere. (Refer links below)

External links

• Hazaribagh Wikipedia
• "Hazaribagh Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 13, page 99.
• Rare images of missionaries who worked in Raj India The Irish Times 16 February 2012
• Details of the DUMCN and its archives at the RCB (Representative Church Body) Library, Dublin. and Photographs ireland.anglican.org