Manbhum district
Sign in to saveManbhum District was one of the districts of the East India during the British Raj. 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).
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- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- Company rule in India
- Located in
- Bengal Presidency
- Population
- 1301364
- Area
- 7896
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1956-11-01
- inception
- 1833-00-00
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Manbhum District was one of the districts of the East India during the British Raj. 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).
==Etymology==
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