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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bettiah
		The Queen of Bettiah, being grievously sick, was cured by him; in return, she allowed him to preach the Gospel.
		The Nepal war of 1769 obliged the Christians to retire southwards to the neighbourhood of Bettiah.
		The principal stations are Bettiah (the residence of the Prefect Apostolic, Ilarione da Abtei), Chohoree, Chaknee, Latonah, Somastipore, Dharbanga, Somesar, Rampur (in Nepal), and Ramnagar.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02538a.htm (412 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bettiah is the headquarters of West Champaran district in the state of Bihar, near Indo-Nepal border, 225 Kilometres north-west of Patna.
		Bettiah, pronounced as 'Betiya', derived its name from 'baint' (local name for 'cane'), which was grown here extensively in the past but not now.
		Bettiah has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Bettiah (927 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		With fresh polls ordered in Bettiah and Siwan on May 24 and elections in Chhapra countermanded, voters of these three Bihar constituencies will have to press afresh the buttons of their choice.
		Bettiah and Siwan will not be sending their representatives to the 14th Lok Sabha before the end of this month.
		But Bettiah, where fresh polls will be held in 429 booths the same day, is said to be “back in the contest”.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040513/asp/nation/story_3241118.asp (450 words)

	PD News - Prakash Jha Assaulted in Bettiah
		Jha, an Independent candidate from Bettiah, said that a large number of RJD workers raising party slogans attacked him after his meeting with the election officials in Motihari on Sunday.
		The incident further proves his claim that the election in Bettiah was completely rigged by the ruling party where even the district administration acted as Laloo Prasad Yadav’s agents, Jha told the reporters.
		A decision on Bettiah’s fate would be taken only after the submission of report by the members of the fact-finding team.
	www.patnadaily.com /news2004/050904/prakash_jha_assaulted.html (163 words)

	INDIAN CATHOLIC - NEWS SITE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF INDIA
		He cured the Queen of Bettiah, who was grievously ill. In return, the king allowed him to preach the Gospel in his kingdom.
		The districts of Bettiah, Champaran, Sarun, Tiroot, Muzuffarpore, Dharbanga, and part of Bhagalpur and Monghry were assigned to it.
		Bettiah Christians, more educated than followers of other religions in Bihar, are now occupy high government offices.
	www.theindiancatholic.com /modern_bettiah.asp (246 words)

	Election inspires Jha's next films
		Jha is in the fray as an Independent candidate from Bihar's controversial Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency.
		Bettiah, located near India's border with Nepal, is infested with dacoits.
		Amongst Jha's opponents for the Bettiah parliamentary seat is the dreaded Rajan Tiwari, who is contesting the election from prison as an Independent candidate.
	www.rediff.com /election/2004/may/15jha.htm (478 words)

	Bihar: Bettiah
		Bettiah is the district headquarter of West Champaran (Pashchim Champaran) District under Tirhut Division of the state of Bihar, India.
		Bettiah is the birth place of famous writer/poet Gopal Singh Nepali.
		Mahatma Gandhi started the Satyagrah Movement from Bettiah in 1919 when the surrounding region was being extensively used for Indigo plantation during British Raj.
	www.biharandjharkhand.com /bihar/town/bettiah/index.php (233 words)

	India Today Gandhi-Champaran
		BETTIAH is not a town that deserved a Civil Lines.
		It was, until the 1920s, the European Club of Bettiah where indigo planters from Champaran assembled for gram-fed roast mutton and convivial weekends.
		Surajmal Marwari of Bettiah had brought his phaeton and a horse of Puran Babu Raj, an engineer, was harnessed...
	www.india-today.com /itoday/18081997/champa.html (1200 words)

	PD News - Bettiah SP Transferred
		Nath was ordered to report as the new SP of Aurangabad swapping places with M. Nayak after the court threatened to imprison him for six months if the court ordered was violated.
		The SP who is said to have a long history of defying proper code of conduct as a law enforcement official, refused to pay any attention to the pleas of a Bettiah doctor who claimed he was being threatened by a criminal in jail for extortion.
		As the journalist stood by his report and did follow-up stories on the issue, Nath allegedly implicated him in a false case of murder using his powers as SP.
	www.patnadaily.com /news2004/121604/bettiah_sp_transferred.html (280 words)

	INDIAN CATHOLIC - NEWS SITE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF INDIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		BETTIAH (ICNS) -- Unidentified assailants have attacked two convents in Bihar seriously injuring nuns in apparent robbery attempts.
		An elderly nun was hospitalized with serious head injuries after a gang of 15 men attacked the Notre Dame convent at Raxual in Bihar on the midnight of June 9.
		Bishop Victor Henry Thakur of Bettiah has visited the convent and the injured nun in the hospital, the priest said.
	www.theindiancatholic.com /newsread.asp?nid=578 (284 words)

	RAM PRASAD NARAYAN SAHI AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS [1953] INSC 15; (1953) SCR 1129; AIR 1953 SC 215 (20 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In substance, therefore, the Act declared the lease granted by the Bettiah Wards Estate to the appellants on the 18th November, 1946, to be illegal and inoperative and prescribed the mode in which this declaration was to be given effect to and the lessees evicted from the lands.
		It is stated in that paragraph that the cases of the appellants as well as of Prajapati Mishra were brought to the notice of the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress and the Committee came to the conclusion that both the settlements were contrary to the provisions of law.
		In reply to this statement, the appellants stated in their rejoinder that the said Prajapati Mishra did not vacate the land,% but created a trust in respect of the same, he being the chairman of the board Of trustees and the lands were still in possession of the board of trustees.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1953/15.html (4287 words)

	Ayaz Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bettiah is a small town and headquarters of the West Champaran district, near Indo-Nepal border, 225 Kilometres north-west of Patna, in Bihar.
		It was the seat of the majestic Bettiah Raj, established in the 17th century.
		Bettiah Online is a tribute to the place that is so close to my heart.
	homepages.iitb.ac.in /~ayaz/bettiah.html (240 words)

	COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX BIHAR AND ORISSA v. MANAGER, COURT OF WARDS ESTATE, BETTIAH [1967] INSC 42; [1967] 2 SCR ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		During the pendency of a suit by a person claiming to be the heir of the Bettiah estate which was in the possession of the Manager, Court of Wards, the Income Tax Officer made an assessment on the Manager.
		In those proceedings the State of Bihar and the Manager claimed that the estate had vested in the State by escheat and therefore the income was not liable to tax.
		For many years past before her death, the estate was under the management of the Court of Wards and continued under such management even after her death as it was not known whether she had left any heirs.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1967/42.html (1034 words)

	Tsunami News for Bettiah, India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 2005 projected population for Bettiah, India is 127,486
		BETTIAH: The defection of six NDA leaders including former BJP MP Madan Prasad Jaisawal...
		BETTIAH: The Bihar state branch of the Red Cross Society is all set to adopt one tsunami ravaged village in coastal Tamil Nadu.
	danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Bettiah.html (136 words)

	Bettiah City Guide
		Bettiah being the starting point of Mahatma movement.
		Bettiah is the headquarters of West Champaran district in the state of Bihar, in India.
		Large number of good quality hotels are present at Bettiah.
	www.indnav.com /servlet/Browse?mt=goToName&name=Bettiah (201 words)

	PD News - FIRs Lodged Against Politicians in Bettiah
		Administration in Bettiah, on Monday, lodged First Information Reports (FIRs) against more than half-a-dozen leaders for disregarding model code of conduct despite strict warnings against putting election posters and signs on government buildings, officials said.
		Talking to reporters, Bettiah SDO and co-election officer Vimla Prasad said these leaders were apprised of the strict orders issued by the Election Commission (EC) to remove such posters within 24 hours of the notification; yet the leaders failed to do so.
		The officials burnt midnight candles on Sunday cleaning up the district removing posters and whitewashing public walls that were mercilessly smeared by politicians with no regard for rules or having any aesthetic sense.
	www.patnadaily.com /news2004/122804/firs_against_politicians.html (254 words)

	Patna Archdiocese
		Fr Joseph Mary ofm cap, a saintly priest, founded the Bettiah Mission in 1745 after the King of Bettiah, Raja Druva Singh had obtained permission from Pope Benedict XIV.
		The North Bihar Mission with its four stations of Bettiah, Chuhari, Chakhani and Latonah was entrusted to the Tyrolese Capuchins in 1886.
		In May 1892 the North Bihar Mission was made Bettiah - Nepal Prefecture with Fr Hilarion of Abtei, ofm cap, as its first Prefect.
	www.cbcisite.com /Patna.htm (573 words)

	thebharat.com
		A village in the Bettiah Sub-division, about 24 Kms north-west of Bettiah, which contains some of the most interesting remains of huge stupa called Nandangarh.
		This 26 metre high ancient sepulchral mound is composed of bricks and is conjectured to be Ashes stupa, the stupa in which ashes of the Lord Buddha were enshrined.
		Rail: The nearest Railway station is Bettiah 26 Kms.
	www.thebharat.com /tourism/forts/lauria.html (385 words)

	Ramai plans to check Bettiah Raj loot-Patna-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		BETTIAH: Taking cognizance of the unbridled loot of Bettiah Raj properties, managed by the Board of Revenue under the court of wards, Bihar revenue minister Ramai Ram has initiated plans to undo the damage.
		âI am aware that the Board of Revenue is the custodian of Bettiah Raj properties as validated by the Supreme Court,â he told TNN here on Wednesday, while affirming that the manager, Ravindra Nath Panda, was wilfully hand-in-glove with the land mafia in Bettiah.
		Ramai Ram stated that a piquant situation had relative autonomy of the Bettiah Raj manager over whom âthe DM has had no control or power of superintendencyâ.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_ID=20707000 (410 words)

	RJD wins in Sivan and Bettiah
		The Rashtriya Janata Dal has won the Bettiah and Sivan Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.
		Repolling in 622 booths in the two constituencies was held on Monday.
		Its a shame being a citizen of a democratic country, if persons like Shahbudding are elected to the Parliament,even though all know him having...
	in.rediff.com /news/2004/may/26bihar.htm (121 words)

	News India-Times.com, Online Edition
		Bihar’s ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) won the Siwan and Bettiah parliamentary seats May 26, taking its tally in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, to 28.
		Raghunath Jha of the RJD won from Bettiah by a margin of 35,000 votes, defeating his nearest Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rival Madan Mohan Jaiswal.
		Re-poll in 622 segments of Bettiah and Siwan constituencies was ordered on May 24 after the Election Commission detected certain irregularities in the third phase of the general election April 26.
	www.newsindia-times.com /nit/2004/06/04/tow23-siwan.html (351 words)

	Bettiah in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bettiah, the administrative headquarters of West Champaran District, is a small town situated near the Indo-Nepal border, 150 km north-west of Patna, in Bihar.
		Bettiah Railway Station has connections to Muzaffarpur, Patna, New Delhi and Mumbai.
		By road, Bettiah is linked with Motihari and Gopalganj.
	www.india9.com /i9show/14443.htm (88 words)

	Moderate polling in Bettiah and Siwan
		Incessant rains since morning was attributed as one of the reasons for low voter turnout in the two constituencies.
		An average of 30-35 per cent polling was recorded in 429 booths of Bettiah.
		Film-maker Prakash Jha, an independent candidate from Bettiah, who cast his vote at a booth in his native village Barharwa, said voting was peaceful.
	www.mid-day.com /news/nation/2004/may/84056.htm (158 words)

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		The town of Bettiah lies in the district of Champaran in the north Indian State of Bihar, close to the Indo-Nepal border.
		Bettiah was the capital of the little kingdom of Bettiah, one of the great estates of North Bihar.
		With a shelf space that is approximately half a kilometer in length, the Bettiah Raj mahfizkhana is indeed a rich repository of source materials for the study of the agrarian and political history not only of the little kingdom of Bettiah, but of the wider region as well.
	www.hawaii.edu /csas/SAnewsfall99.html (7090 words)

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	www.travel-hotels-asia.com /bihar-hotels/bettiah-hotels-1.htm (343 words)

	Moderate polling in Bettiah, Siwan - NDTV.com - News on Moderate polling in Bettiah, Siwan
		A moderate polling of around 40 per cent was registered during repolling for 622 booths in Bettiah and Siwan Lok Sabha constituencies which passed off peacefully today.
		Noted film-maker Prakash Jha, an independent candidate from Bettiah, who cast his vote at a booth in his native village Barharwa, said voting was peaceful.
		Jha is locked in a keen electoral battle with Madan Prasad Jaiswal of BJP and Raghunath Jha of RJD in Bettiah.
	www.ndtv.com /template/template.asp?template=Polls2004&slug=Re%2Dpoll+held+in+622+Bihar+booths&id=54441&callid=1 (523 words)

	Counting begins in Siwan, Bettiah - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The two constituencies went to the polls on April 26 and the Election Commission ordered repoll in 429 booths in Bettiah and 193 in Siwan, which was conducted on May 24.
		The repoll was ordered after the EC inquired into complaints of large scale booth grabbing in the two constituencies.
		In Bettiah BJP leader Madan Prasad Jaiswal is in the fray along with Raghunath Jha of RJD and noted film maker Prakash Jha.
	www.sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13483395 (218 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : RJD wins in Siwan, Bettiah
		The Rashtriya Janata Dal retained the Siwan seat while it wrested the Bettiah from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
		Md Shahabuddin, lodged in a jail in connection with criminal cases, won the Siwan seat for the fourth consecutive term by defeating his nearest rival Om Prakash Yadav of JD (U) by a margin of over one lakh votes.
		Raghunath Jha, who had returned to the RJD abandoning the JD (U), won the Bettiah seat and defeated his arch rival, Madan Prasad Jaiswal of the BJP.
	www.hindu.com /2004/05/27/stories/2004052705400100.htm (114 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - RJD Wins Both Siwan, Bettiah LS Seats In Bihar
		Patna, May 26 (NNN): Laloo Prasad Yadav-headed Rashtriya Janata Dal on Wednesday recorded stunning victories in both the Bettiah and Siwan Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar with comfortable margins.
		In Bettiah constituencies Rashtriya Janata Dal nominee Raghunath Jha won the poll by over 35,000 votes.
		In Bettiah, Jha was pitted against Bharatiya Janata Party's Madan Prasad Jaiswal.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=052604040710 (283 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		An elderly nun was hospitalized with serious head injuries after a gang of 15 men attacked the Notre Dame convent at Raxual.
		A Sister Manjula of Notre Dame was with two other nuns and their maid when the assailants entered the convent, breaking open the gate and doors.
		Bishop Victor Thakur of Bettiah visited the convent and the injured nun in the hospital, according to the priest.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=72534 (230 words)

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