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Manbhum | |
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1833–1956 | |
District map of Bengal administration | |
Capital | |
Area | |
• 1833 | 20,449 km2 (7,895 sq mi) |
• 1901 | 10,741 km2 (4,147 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1901 | 1,301,364[2] |
• 1931 | 1,810,890 |
History | |
• Formation | 1833 |
• Disestablished | 1956 |
• Bifurcation | 1956 |
Today part of | West Bengal (Purulia) Jharkhand (Dhanbad, Bokaro, Ranchi, Saraikela Kharsawan, East Singhbhum) |
Manbhum District was one of the districts of the East India during the British Raj.[3] After India's independence, the district became a part of Bihar State. Upon the reorganization of the Indian states in the mid-1950s, the Manbhum district was partitioned based on language. The Bengal-speaking areas were included in West Bengal, while the rest were kept with Bihar (present-day Jharkhand).