Samastipur
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| Nickname(s): Samastipur | |
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| Coordinates: 25°51′47″N 85°46′52″E / 25.862931°N 85.781064°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Samastipur |
| Parliamentary constituency | Samastipur |
| Assembly constituency | Samastipur |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,254,782 (2,011) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5.30) |
| PIN | 848101 |
| Area code(s) | STD Code 06274 |
| Website | samastipur |
Samastipur is a town and a municipality (nagar parishad) in Bihar, India. It is the headquarters of Samastipur district. The Burhi Gandak River flows through the town. Samastipur was once famous for Sugar factories,jute mills and an old railway factory at samastipur railway station.
As per many Gazetteers, Darbhanga, pages 33 to 34 Darbhanga under the Oinwar dynasty (1325-1525 AD), After a temporary period of instability, Darbhanga came under the control of the Oinwaras, also known as the Kameshwara Thakur or Sugauna Dynasty. These Hindu Chiefs were left undisturbed by the Muslim conquerors, who has by now conquered the whole of Mithila and whose exploits are indicated.
The Oinwara Dynasty is noted for their encouragement of leaning and fine arts and their court served as the centre of Sanskrit belle's letters and philosophy. Among the prominent scholars of age were Gadadhara, Sankara, Vachaspati Mishra, Vidyapati, Amartakara and Amiykara. Kameshwara, the founder of dynasty, was resident of village Oini, near Pusa Road, in the District of Darbhanga.
When Hazi Ilyas of Bengal divided Torhut into two parts, the Oinwara Raja shifted his Capital to Sugauna near Madhubani. The southern part of the district was under Hazi Ilyas and the northern part under the Oinwaras. The modern subdivision of Samastipur (originally Shamsuddinpur) was founded by Hazi Shamsuddin Ilyas of West Bengal.
In September 1990, Lal Krishna Advani began a rath yatra (chariot journey) to Ayodhya in support of the Ram temple movement. Lalu Prasad Yadav then Chief minister of Bihar ordered to arrested Advani in Samastipur and stopped his Rath Yatra which was going to Ayodhya on the site of the Babri Masjid on October 23, 1990 and as a result the Bharatiya Janata Party withdraw support V.P. Singh.
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