Some Facts about Samastipur that you should know.

Samastipur!!!
Notable people

• The Kisan leader and freedom fighter Pandit Yamuna Karjee was a resident of Pusa, Samastipur, and is associated with  Swami Sahajanand Saraswati in the Kisan Movement during the Indian freedom struggle and Prafulla Chaki.
• Karpuri Thakur and Syed Shahnawaz Hussain occupied ministerial posts in the Government of India after the independence.
• Sharda Sinha, Maithali folk singer
• The Hindi novelist Devaki Nandan Khatriwas born at Malinagar and is the author of the series "Chandrakanta" and "Chandrakanta Santati".
• Udayanacharya, a Brahmin and philosopher who was born in Kariyanvillage.

Other

• Samastipur is also known for Hindu Muslim Unity demonstrated in Khudni Bibi's Makbara. This Makbara is inside the temple of Shiva near the Morba Village, near the national Highway. 
• Another example of Hindu Muslim unity was - when L K Advani's rath yatra was not stopped across India for fear of riots, it was stopped in Samastipur, and no untoward incident happened.
• As an ancient place, Narhan ( नरहन ) was a capital of Dronwar kingdom led Narhan Estate. This kingdom had made many Forts, temples and Bridges. Ramgadh Durga Mandir is a famous temple of Dronwar Kingdom. Narhan is beside Budhi Gandak river. 
• Kumar Sangrahalay, Hasanpur
  This museum in Hasanpur, Samastipur, is one of the only two private museum in Bihar state. Established by Dr. P. K. Singh ‘Maun’ 
• Vidyapati Nagar
  The place, near Dalsinghsarai block near the bank of River Ganges, is named after the most revered Maithili poet Vidyapati. It is believed to be the place where the renowned Poet breathed his last in search of Lord Shiva.
• Pusa block is world famous for Rajendra Agricultural University. Pusa is named after Mr. Henry Phipps from USA who donated money to establish agricultural research institute. In 1934, after a major earthquake rocked Bihar and which severely damage the main buildings, the Imperial Institute was shifted to the new Pusa campus in New Delhi and that eventually became Indian Agricultural Research Institute. What remained was downgraded to an agricultural research station until December 3, 1970, when the government of Bihar established Rajendra Agricultural University.

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