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'''In 1782 Tirhut, including Hajipur, was made into a Collectorate'''. In 1875 Tirhut was divided into the two existing districts of [[Muzaffarpur]] and Darbhanga, in [[Bihar]].<ref>''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 11, p. 154.</ref> See Imperial Gazetteer Volume 2 Page 39 and other pages .
==Spelling variants==
Tirhut, Tirhoot
==Also see==
*[[Bihar]]
*[[Indigo Plantation]]
*[[Bihar Light Horse]]
===Historical books online===
*[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_160.gif "Darbhanga District"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 11, p. 154.
*''Narrative of the Life of a Gentleman Long Resident in India'' by G F Grand. [https://archive.org/details/narrativelifeag00grangoog/page/n6/mode/2up 1814 edition], [https://archive.org/details/narrativeoflifeo00graniala/page/n5/mode/2up 1910 edition] edited, with Notes, for the Calcutta Historical Society by Walter K Firminger. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofindi00buck/page/174/mode/1up "Grand, George Francois (1748?-1821)"] page 174 ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' by C E Buckland (Indian Civil Service, retired) 1906 Archive.org. Includes 1782 Collector of Tirhut and promoted the indigo manufacture in Bihar to his own advantage; 1788 appointed Judge and Magistrate at Patna, and eventually dismissed.
*[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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