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'''Bihar State''' is the 12th largest state in present day India. Bihar lies with [[West Bengal]] to the east, [[Uttar Pradesh]] to the west and [[Nepal]] to the North.
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[[Darbhanga]] is the capital of the classical region of Mithila in the north eastern part of Bihar state. It was the biggest and richest Zamindari in India, spread over 2500 square miles consisting of more than 7000 villages, and with 15000 officials to look after the zamindari and several industrial units (cotton, sugar, jute, aviation, automobile dealership, share trading, media, iron & steel, dairies, cold storages, paper, etc).
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The Maharajas of Darbhanga were not only known world wide for their benevolence, but also for their courage to speak out against the government inside the Council of States if anything was considered wrong by them. The last Maharaja, the late Sir Kameshwar Singh, had friends amongst the leading ruling houses of Europe such as the UK, France, Spain, Austria, Russia, etc. He donated money, land and houses to organizations such as YMCA and YWCA in Cairo, Egypt and Calcutta, the Queen's Fund, Canadian Nurses Association, RAF, etc. In India hundreds of educational institutions such as Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University, Allahabad University, Patna University, etc received similar help from him. He donated even his personal residence at Darbhanga (Anandbagh Palace) to the Sanskrit University in Darbhanga.
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==Alternative spelling==
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Behar, Bahar
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== Archives ==
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[[Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation]]
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==See also==
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*[[Indigo Plantation]]
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*[[Moharampore Cemetery]]
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==External links==
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*[https://www.sites.google.com/site/bihargatha/early-agriculture-based-enterprenureships/sugar-concerns Early Sugar Industry of Bihar]. Bihargatha.
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===Historical books online===
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RQ1CAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA276  "Bahar"] page 276  ''The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: Volume 3 Athanaric - Bassano'' Google Books 1835
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024077806#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of Behar Indigo Factories ; Reminiscences of Behar ; Tirhoot and its inhabitants of the past ; History of Behar Light Horse Volunteers''] by Minden Wilson 1908 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/bengalassambehar00playuoft ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their History, People, Commerce and Industrial Resources''] compiled by Somerset Playne, assisted by J. W. Bond, edited by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/GIPE003752 ''Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim''] by L S S O’Malley 1917 Archive.org. A volume in the series ''Provincial Geographies of India''.
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*[http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/14143 ''The Dutch In Bengal And Bihar 1740-1825 A D''] by  Dr Kalikinkar Datta 1948 Osmania University Digital Library [OUDL]. May only be available Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm), (IST = GMT+5:30). Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533754 Archive.org version]
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100299 ''An Account Of The District Of Bhagalpur In 1810-11''] by Francis Buchanan.  1939 edition for the Bihar and Orissa Research Society. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.135720/page/n5  ''A Handbook Of The Bihar And Orissa Provincial Records (1771-1859)''] 1933 Archive.org,  Digital Library of India Collection.
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[http://www.kalyanifoundation.org/ Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation] - The foundation houses a collection of  more than 10,000 books published since 1700, a number of Sanskrit manuscripts, more than 100 paintings including acquatints of Daniel, Hodges, etc, 15,000 photographs since 1860s, 15 films (16 mm) shot between 1931 and 1948 covering the visits of several Viceroys (Lord Willingdon, Lord Linlithgow, Lord Wavell and Lord Mountbaten), Governors (Lord Sifton, Sor Thomas Rutherford, Lord Stewart)and other dignitaries (erstwhile Maharajas of Jaipur, Coochbehar, Gwalior, Jodhpur, estates from Bengal, etc.,)of the country and state and various social functions and sports (polo and Football matches).
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Darbhanga (Capital of the classical region of Mithila, north eastern part of Bihar state in India)was the biggest and richest Zamindari in India, spread over 2500 sq.miles consisting of more than 7000 villages, 15000 official to look after the zamindari and several industrial units (Cotton, sugar, jute, aviation, automobile dealership, share trading, media, iron & steel, dairies, cold storages, paper, etc.). The Maharajas of Darbhanga were not known world wide for their benevolence but also for their courage to speak out against the government inside the Council of States if anything was considered wrong by them.
 
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The last Maharaja, late Sir Kameshwar Singh had friends amongst the leading ruling houses of Europe such as U.K., France, Spain, Austria, Russia, etc. He had donated huge amount of money and land houses to organizations such as YMCA, YWCA (in Cairo, Egypt and Calcutta, India), Queen's Fund, Canadian Nurses Association, RAF, etc. In India hundreds of educational institutions such as Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University, Allahabad University, Patna University, etc. received millions of rupees and lands and houses from him. He donated even his personal residence at Darbhanga (Anandbagh Palace) to the Sanskrit University in Darbhanga.
 
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After his death in 1962 the government took over all the remaining movable and immovable assets of the House. His widow, Maharani Kamasundari is still alive (old and poor health) and has created this Foundation in the memory of her late husband to spread knowledge and work for the benefit of the poors.
 

Revision as of 06:52, 14 March 2020

Bihar State is the 12th largest state in present day India. Bihar lies with West Bengal to the east, Uttar Pradesh to the west and Nepal to the North.

Darbhanga is the capital of the classical region of Mithila in the north eastern part of Bihar state. It was the biggest and richest Zamindari in India, spread over 2500 square miles consisting of more than 7000 villages, and with 15000 officials to look after the zamindari and several industrial units (cotton, sugar, jute, aviation, automobile dealership, share trading, media, iron & steel, dairies, cold storages, paper, etc).

The Maharajas of Darbhanga were not only known world wide for their benevolence, but also for their courage to speak out against the government inside the Council of States if anything was considered wrong by them. The last Maharaja, the late Sir Kameshwar Singh, had friends amongst the leading ruling houses of Europe such as the UK, France, Spain, Austria, Russia, etc. He donated money, land and houses to organizations such as YMCA and YWCA in Cairo, Egypt and Calcutta, the Queen's Fund, Canadian Nurses Association, RAF, etc. In India hundreds of educational institutions such as Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University, Allahabad University, Patna University, etc received similar help from him. He donated even his personal residence at Darbhanga (Anandbagh Palace) to the Sanskrit University in Darbhanga.

Alternative spelling

Behar, Bahar

Archives

Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation

See also

External links

Historical books online

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