| Voice of Muzaffarpur
: Sanjeev Kumar
In Muzaffarpur people are not much aware about children’s
rights.
Our district is large - with a population of twenty lakh people
- and we have just one medical college. Infant mortality rate is
on a higher side. Ours is a flood prone area and flood brings lot
of infections and diseases. Health infrastructure is very poor in
our district. We do not have good doctors and so we are faced to
go to private clinics.
People’s income comes solely from agriculture
Muzaffarpur District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 3172.0 Km2
Population in Muzaffarpur (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 4,778,610
Male : 2,517,500
Female : 2,261,110
Under 6 population
Total : 817,709
Male : 426,633
Female : 391,076
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 81743
In seeing : 44174
In speech : 6010
In hearing : 3626
In movement : 21784
Mental : 6149
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 189
Sex Ratio Rank : 213
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 33 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 523 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
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Brief about Muzaffarpur
District
Muzaffarpur
district, ‘The Land Of Leechi’ was created in 1875
for the sake of administrative convenience by splitting up the earlier
district of Tirhut. The present district of Muzaffarpur came
to its existence in the 18th
century and
named
after
Muzaffar Khan,
an
Amil
(Revenue
Officer)
under British Dynasty.
Purbi Champaran and Sitamarhi districts on North,
on the South Vaishali and Saran districts, on the
East Darbhanga and Samastipur districts and on the
West Saran and Gopalganj districts surround Muzaffarpur.
Now it has won
international encomiums for its delicious Shahi Leechi and
China Leechi
It
is, of course impossible to trace back the history of this region
to its earliest origins, but we can trace back it’s stream of strong
heritage a very long way through the ancient Indian epic Ramayan,
which still bears a significant role in Indian civilization. To
initiate with the Legend, Rajarshi Janak was ruling Videha,
the mythological name of this entire region including eastern Nepal
and northern Bihar. Sitamarhi, a place in this region, bears
a value of sacred Hindu belief where, Seeta (other name Vaidehi:
The Princes of Videha) sprang to life out of an earthen pot
while Rajarshi Janak was tilling the land.
he recorded
history of the district dates back to the rise of the Vrijjan
Republic. The center of political power also shifted from Mithila
to Vaishali. The Vrijjan Republic was a confederation of
eight clans of which the Licchavis were the most powerful
and influential. Even the powerful kingdom of Magadh had
to conclude matrimonial alliances in 519 B.C. with the neighboring
estates of the Licchavis. Ajatshatru invaded Vaishali and
extended his sway over Tirhut. It was at this time that Patliputra
(the modern Patna) was founded at the village Patali
on the banks of the sacred river Ganga and Ajatshatru built
an invincible fortress to keep vigil over the Licchavis on the other
side of the river. Ambarati, 40 Kms from Muzaffarpur is believed
to be the village home of Amrapali, the famous Royal court
dancer of Vaishali.
Vaishali,
a center of religious renaissance, Baso Kund, the birth place
of Mahavir, the 24th Jain Tirthankar and a contemporary of Lord
Buddha continue to attract visitors from across the international
boarders.
From the visit of the Hieuen Tsang’s
till the rise of the Pala dynasty, Muzaffarpur was under the control
of Maharaja Harsha Vardhan, a powerful sovereign of North India.
After 647 A.D. The district passed on to the local chiefs. In the
8th century A.D. the Pala kings continued to have their hold over
Tirhut until 1019 A.D. Chedi
kings of Central India also exercised their influence over Tirhut
till they were replaced by the rulers of the Sena dynasty towards
the close of the 11the century.
Between 1211 & 1226, Ghais-u-ddin
Iwaz, the ruler of Bengal, was the first Muslim invader of Tirhut.
He, however, could not succeed in conquering the kingdom but extorted
tributes. It was in 1323 that Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq established his
control over the district.
The history
of Muzaffarpur will remain incomplete without a reference to the
Simraon dynasty (in the north-east part of Champaran) and its founder
Nanyupa Deva who extended his power over the whole of Mithila and
Nepal. During the regime of Harasimha Deva, the last king of the
dynasty, Tughlaq Shah invaded Tirhut in 1323 and gained control
over the territory. Tughlaq Shah handed over the management of Tirhut
to Kameshwar Thakur. Thus, the sovereign power of Tirhut passed
from the Hindu chiefs to the Muslims but the Hindu chief continued
to enjoy complete utonomynterruptedly.
Towards
the close of the 14th century the whole of North Bihar including
Tirhut passed on to the kings of Jaunpur and remained under their
control for nearly a century until Sikandar Lodi of Delhi defeated
the king of Jaunpur. Meanwhile, Hussain Shah, the Nawab of Bengal
had become so powerful that he exercised his control over large
tracts including Tirhut. The emperor of Delhi advanced against Hussain
Shah in 1499 and got control over Tirhut after defeating its Raja.
The power of the Nawabs of Bengal began to wane and with the decline
and fall of Mahood Shah, north Bihar including Tirhut formed a part
of the mighty Mughal Empire. Though Muzaffarpur with the entire
north Bihar had been annexed yet the petty powerful chieftains continued
to exercise effective control over this area till the days of Daud
Khan, the Nawab of Bengal. Daud Khan had his stronghold at Patna
and Hajipur and after his fall a separate Subah of Bihar was constituted
under the Mughal dynasty and Tirhut formed a part of it.
The victory of East India
Company in 1764 at the battle of Buxar gave them control over whole
of Bihar and they succeeded in subduing the entire district. The
success of the insurgent at Delhi in 1857 caused grave concern to
the English inhabitants in this district and revolutionary fervor
began to permeate the entire district. Muzaffarpur played its role
and was the site of the famous bomb case of 1908. The young Bengali
revolutionary, Khudi Ram Bose, a boy of barely 18 years was hanged
for throwing the bomb at the carriage of Pringle Kennedy who was
actually mistaken for Kingsford, the District Judge of Muzaffarpur.
After independence, a memorial to this young revolutionary patriot
was constructed at Muzaffrapur, which still stands. The political
awakening in the country after the First World War stimulated nationalist
movement in Muzaffarpur district also. The visit of Mahatma Gandhi
to Muzaffarpur district in December 1920 and again in January 1927
had tremendous political effect in arousing the latent feelings
of the people and the district continued to play a prominent role
in the country’s struggle for freedom.
Muzaffarpur played a very
significant role in the history of North-Eastern India. The peculiarity
of Muzaffarpur in Indian civilization arises out of its position
on the frontier line between two most vibrant spiritual influences
and most significantly, to this day, it is a meeting place of Hindu
and Islamic culture and thoughts. All sorts of modified institutions,
representing mutual assimilation, rise along the boarder line. It
has undoubtedly been this highly diversified element within her
boundaries that has so often made Muzaffarpur the birthplace of
towering geniuses.
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