Kharagdiha

Kharagdiha
खरगडीहा
village
Kharagdiha

Location in Jharkhand , India

Coordinates: 24°25′24″N 86°09′57″E / 24.42333°N 86.16583°E / 24.42333; 86.16583Coordinates: 24°25′24″N 86°09′57″E / 24.42333°N 86.16583°E / 24.42333; 86.16583
Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Languages
 • Official Hindi, Santhali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Kharagdiha is a village in Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It had been known as Curruckdea[1] or Curruckdeah[2] during the British Raj.

History

During the Mughal Empire Kharagdiha was part of Hazaribagh district. At that time the main estates in the Hazribagh district were Ramgarh, Kunda, Chai and Kharagdiha. Subsequent to the Kol uprising in 1831 that, however, did not seriously affect Hazaribag, the administrative structure of the territory was changed. The parganas of Ramgarh, Kharagdiha, Kendi and Kunda became parts of the South-West Frontier Agency and were formed into a division named Hazaribag as the administrative headquarters.

In 1854 the designation of South-West Frontier Agency was changed to Chota Nagpur Division and it began to be administered as a Non-regulation province under the Lieutenant Governor of the then Bihar. In 1855-56 there was the great uprising of the Santhals against the British but was brutally suppressed.[3]

Places of interest

The Langta Baba Samadhi Sthal is located in Kharagdiha, about 30 km North West of the town on road towards Jamua. Langta Baba is revered both by the Hindus and the Muslims alike. People offer chadar to his samadhi as a ritual, and it is believed the wish made here by a true devotee always get fulfilled.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ India Tracts: Containing a Description of the Jungle Terry Districts. By James Browne (Lieut.-Colonel.)
  2. ↑ A geographical dictionary, or Universal gazetteer, ancient and modern. : In two volumes. Vol. I[-II]
  3. ↑ Wilson Hunter, Sir William; Sutherland Cotton, James; Sir Richard Burn, Sir William Stevenson Meyer. Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
  4. ↑ "Giridih Tourism". Official Website of Giridih. Retrieved 7 March 2012.

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