25-04-2025
10-member committee to find out Saran's establishment date
Chhapra: Saran administration has constituted a 10-member committee, including officials and some others, to find out the date of its establishment, or to suggest a suitable one with historical or other importance to adopt.
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The responsibility of finding a suitable date has been given to the district development commissioner (DDC), Yatindra Kumar Pal along with nine other members, and the panel is hopeful of finding the district formation's date soon.
Saran DM Aman Sameer, after joining at Chhapra, was seriously trying to locate its date of establishment with the purpose of celebrating the day. Finally, he has set up a committee to find out or decide on Saran's formation date.
Many districts in the state have their establishment dates that can be readily found, while some do not have specific, officially recorded dates of creation. Such districts have adopted a suitable date and celebrate the day every year. Being one of the oldest districts in this state, Saran shares the same fate. Neither in the gazetteer of Saran nor in any govt records is its date of establishment mentioned.
East Champaran, which was carved out of Saran in 1869, has adopted Oct 2, the date of Gandhi Jayanti, as its establishment day.
Siwan, which was carved out of Saran (it was a subdivision of Saran) in 1972, also adopted Dec 3, birth anniversary of Rajendra Prasad, the 1st President of India, as its creation date. However, Saran has an interesting history. On Aug 12, 1765, the 'Diwani' of Bihar, Bengal, and Odisha was handed over to the East India Company by the Moghul Emperor. 'Diwani' refers to the right to collect revenue and manage the administration of a territory.
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There were eight Sarakars (equivalent to revenue districts), including Saran and Champaran.
According to the Hindi version of the Saran gazetteer (Srijan), written by the then Saran DM Deepak Anand, modern Saran was part of Kaushal Pradesh. He mentioned that in 1866, the British separated Saran and Champaran. It remained part of the Patna division till 1829 and later was transferred to the Tirhut division in 1908 after its formation.
At present, Saran is part of the Saran division, which was formed on April 23, 1981.
Chhapra: Saran administration has constituted a 10-member committee, including officials and some others, to find out the date of its establishment, or to suggest a suitable one with historical or other importance to adopt. The responsibility of finding a suitable date has been given to the district development commissioner (DDC), Yatindra Kumar Pal along with nine other members, and the panel is hopeful of finding the district foundation's date soon.
Saran DM Aman Sameer, after joining at Chhapra, was seriously trying to locate its date of establishment with the purpose of celebrating the day. Finally, he has set up a committee to find out or decide on Saran's formation date.
Many districts in the state have their establishment dates that can be readily found, while some do not have specific, officially recorded dates of creation. Such districts have adopted a suitable date and celebrate the day every year.
Being one of the oldest districts in this state, Saran shares the same fate. Neither in the gazetteer of Saran nor in any govt records is its date of establishment mentioned.
East Champaran, which was carved out of Saran in 1869, has adopted Oct 2, the date of Gandhi Jayanti, as its establishment day. Siwan, which was carved out of Saran (it was a subdivision of Saran) in 1972, also adopted Dec 3, birth anniversary of Rajendra Prasad, the 1st President of India, as its creation date.
However, Saran has an interesting history. On Aug 12, 1765, the 'Diwani' of Bihar, Bengal, and Odisha was handed over to the East India Company by the Moghul Emperor. 'Diwani' refers to the right to collect revenue and manage the administration of a territory. There were eight Sarakars (equivalent to revenue districts), including Saran and Champaran.
According to the Hindi version of the Saran gazetteer (Srijan), written by the then Saran DM Deepak Anand, modern Saran was part of Kaushal Pradesh.
He mentioned that in 1866, the British separated Saran and Champaran. It remained part of the Patna division till 1829 and later was transferred to the Tirhut division in 1908 after its formation. At present, Saran is part of the Saran division, which was formed on April 23, 1981.
