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		Chhotanagpur plateau is a region of great unevenness and consists of a succession of plateaus, hills and valleys.
		It is picturesquely situated in the heart of Chhotanagpur, at an altitude of 2140 ft., above the sea level.
		This is an important industrial and commercial town of the Chhotanagpur region and has the distinction of lying in the heart of India’s richest coalfields at Jharia.
	www.ashextourism.com /bihar/chota_nagpur.htm (540 words)

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		The land of Chhotanagpur was originally known as Jharkhand or the forest path.
		For the tribals land is not only a means of livelihood but also something that gives them their identity, something that they cannot just buy or sell because it is like alienating themselves from their family, their kith and kin.
		The Chhotanagpur Tribals have definite views about the creation of the world and the development of the human species.
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	Travel Agents in Jharkhand India, Jharkhand Travel Agents, Tour Operators in Jharkhand, Jharkhand Travel Guide, ...
		Chhotanagpur a name which presents up before mind's eye a highland interspersed with rolling hills clad in luxuriant forest criss-crossed by numerous narrow, limpid hill streams.
		The glorious plateau is riddled with celestial springs bubbling with mineral water.
		With its capital city Ranchi, Mines are located near the Dhanbad city, Minerals are in Chhotanagpur, Wildlife in Hazaribagh, Industries in Jamshedpur and Bokaro.
	www.travel-agents-in-india.com /states/travel-agent-in-jharkhand.html (843 words)

	Granite Articles, Marble Articles, Natural Stone Articles at Natural Stone Usa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Many of the samples were approved by domestic and foreign buyers who recorded their interest to buy the materials either in polished form or in from of roughly dressed dimensional blocks.
		The Chhotanagpur Plateau of Bihar constitutes a part of the Archean shield comprising of the oldest rocks like Charnockites, banded gneissic complex, older metamorphics and basement rocks intruded upon by dykes of basic rocks like dolerites of later age.
		In Chhotanagpur area, there are deposits of at least five different colours of marble.
	www.naturalstoneusa.com /read_granite_stone.php?Granite=66 (1831 words)

	Chhotanagpur Plateau Praja Parishad - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chhotanagpur Plateau Praja Parishad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chhotanagpur Plateau Praja Parishad - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chhotanagpur Plateau Praja Parishad.
		Here you will find more informations about Chhotanagpur Plateau Praja Parishad.
		Chhotanagpur Plateau Praja Parishad (Chhotanagpur Plateau Popular Council), a splinter-group of the Jharkhand Party.
	encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Chhotanagpur-Plateau-Praja-Parishad.html (103 words)

	THE COMFORTS - Bihar > The Land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The topography of Bihar can be easily described as: A fertile alluvial plain occupying the north, the Gangetic Valley; and A rocky, incredibly mineral rich plateau in the south, the Chhotanagpur Plateau.
		The Chhotanagpur plateau occupies roughly 1/3rd of the south, extending up to the southern border with Orissa.
		Among the wildlife, notable are: deer, bears, numerous species of birds, including the peacock, pheasant, and wild fowl, and most notably, the tiger.
	www.thecomforts.com /in_bihar_facts_land.htm (412 words)

	Destinations :: Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Netarhat: Netarhat popularly called the `Queen of Chhotanagpur', is 156 km west of Ranchi Town.
		It is a plateau covered with thick forests situated at a height of 3,700 feet or 1128 metres above sea level.
		This industrial and commercial town in the Chotanagpur Plateau has the distinction of lying in the heart of India's richest coal fields.
	bstdc.bih.nic.in /Destinations.htm (974 words)

	The day of Jharkhand
		THE formation of Jharkhand is considered to be a great achievement of the tribal people of Chhotanagpur and Santhal Pargana, who have been agitating for statehood for 50 years.
		The movement's original demand was for the formation of a separate State with 16 districts of south Bihar's Chhotanagpur and Santhal Pargana regions.
		The Commission rejected the demand on the ground that the Jharkhand Party did not have a majority in the Chhotanagpur and Santhal P argana regions, and that the tribal population constituted only one-third of the total population of the region concerned and was divided into several linguistic groups.
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	Reservoir fisheries of India
		This alluvial land is extremely fertile, watered by the Sarayu, the Gandak and the mainstream Ganga.
		Southern Bihar, especially in and around the districts of Chhotanagpur and Santhal Parganas, is thickly wooded and consists of a succession of hills.
		The two main rivers originating in the Chhotanagpur hills and flowing down east are the Damodar and Subarnarekha.
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	HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN \| June 2003 \| Report \| Journeying to live
		Some come from the Chhotanagpur plateau to the west, others from Santal Parganas to the northwest and still others from the northeast and the southwest.
		One popular destination in West Bengal for the Chhotanagpur migrants was Bankura bus stand, the location of an important regional labour market.
		The workers on the journey whom we were with were anxious about leaving people and property behind, as much as they were fearful about their own safety away from home.
	www.himalmag.com /2003/june/report_2.htm (2536 words)

	The Telegraph - Jharkhand
		Mohammad Naseem Akhtar was the general secretary of the Chhotanagpur Athletics Association then.
		Naseem Akhtar just handed over the charge to him.” Nazam Ansari, an official of the Jharkhand Football Association, said: “The Chhotanagpur Athletic Association has the recognition of the Jharkhand Football association, but the association has not renewed the registration from over 2 years now.
		Sources said: “In a meeting of the Chhotanagpur Athletics Association this year, the registration fee was increased to Rs 1,500 for the ‘B’ division and Rs 1,000 for the ‘A’ division league.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031014/asp/jharkhand/story_2454814.asp (412 words)

	Jharkhand travel agents provide information on Jharkhand, tours packages, tourist attraction and hotels of Jharkhand ...
		The history of social-economic exploitation of the people of Chhotanagpur – Santhal Pargana region of undivided Bihar can be said to be centuries old.
		In this very background Bharatiya Janata Party, being wedded to the commitment for the all round development of all the regions of the country, also began studying deputy and discussing elaborately the problems of the Chhotanagpur Santhal Pargana region.
		In the sequence the National Council of the Bharatiya Janata Party passed a resolution for creating a separate state of Vananchal comprising Chhotanagpur and Santhal Pargana for the first time in its meeting held on April 8, 1988.
	www.india-travel-agents.net /jharkhand/jharkhand-travel.html (304 words)

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		Mosaboni, one of the oldest Copper Mines in the country, is a ghost of its former self.
		The industrial meltdown in Jharkhand has taken its toll on this mine nestling in the lap of the Chhotanagpur hills.
		Mosaboni (with its outlets at Badiya, Banalopa and Patragora), Kendadih, Raka and Surda — spanning roughly 50 kilometres — changed the landscape of the Chhotanagpur hills, straddling the Subarnarekha and its network of tributaries.
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	Industriously Downhill - What Ails Bihar? - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bihar's industrial growth throughout the planning era has been less than half the national average, in spite of having India's, and indeed one of the world's, richest mineral belts in the form of the Chhotanagpur plateau until four years ago.
		Industry has contributed just about 11 per cent to the state's income, against the national average of 25 per cent.
		Today, with the separation of the Jharkhand and the loss of the mineral-rich Chhotanagpur plateau, the situation looks bleaker than ever.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/7278_899844,001600770004.htm (776 words)

	The State of the River Damodar
		Both its water and its sand are infested by coal dust and waste from industries that have sprung up in its basin.
		The 563-km-long Damodar originates near Chandwa village in the Chhotanagpur hills in Bihar's Palamau district.
		The Chhotanagpur region has sustained India's model of heavy industrialisation over the past 100 years.
	www.rainwaterharvesting.org /Crisis/River-Damodar10.htm (1921 words)

	NAGPURI DANCE
		Nagpuri is a dialect spoken by the people of Chhotanagpur which is also known as Sadoui dialect.
		The people who reside in Chhotanagpur later than the tribals of were - Ghasis, Machis, Lohars, Chamars, Kewat, Teli, and after them the Rajputs, Bamya, Sundi and Brahmins.
		Their language was Aryan and mixed with the tribal languages it becomes a separate dialect known as Nagpuri or Sadami.
	www.chhaudance.8k.com /custom.html (219 words)

	Chhotanagpur Front - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chhotanagpur Front (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chhotanagpur Front - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Chhotanagpur Front.
		Here you will find more informations about Chhotanagpur Front.
		The orginal Chhotanagpur Front article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Chhotanagpur-Front.html (84 words)

	HardNews - Everybody loses, voter wins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Such uniformity is missing in Jharkhand, where the gains and losses in the regions of the Santhal Parganas and North and South Chhotanagpur are evenly divided.
		While the BJP and its allies gained in the Santhal Parganas and North Chhotanagpur, they faced significant reverses in South Chhotanagpur.
		Overall, the RJD had marginal losses compared to its performance in 2000, but it was nothing like its losses in Bihar.
	www.hardnewsmedia.com /mar05/polltoll1.php (1461 words)

	The Telegraph - Ranchi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		More than 420 examination centres have been set up in the state of which south Chhotanagpur block will have 30 centres.
		North Chhotanagpur will have 152 centres, while Palamau will have 43 centres.
		South Chhotanagpur will have 30 centres, North Chhotanagpur 63, Palamau 10, Chaibasa 24 and Santhal Pargana 19.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040222/asp/ranchi/story_2922607.asp (269 words)

	The People's Commission On Environment & Development India
		and other tribal communities of Chhotanagpur region have lived in harmony with nature.
		This animistic belief is at that core of the Chhotanagpur’s tribal cults.
		The major tribes in the region are divided into a number of exogamous clans that are totemistic and derive their names from natural objects like fauna and flora.
	www.pcedindia.com /peoplescomm/tribes_2a.htm (423 words)

	About Us - Firayalal "A Name Spells That Confidence" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ranchi, situated in the cradle of Chhotanagpur, has through the years built its own identity.
		If Ranchi is a landmark of Chhotanagpur, Firayalal is the landmark of Ranchi.
		Firayalal has been rendering untiring and uncompromising service to its customers, patrons and the people of Ranchi for the over 100 years.
	www.firayalal.com /about.htm (152 words)

	LOVE
		This region lies in the southern part of Bihar embracing Santhalparganas and Chhotanagpur.
		Having the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act 1908 to protect their lands, the tribal leaders now turned to socio-economic development of the people.
		This witnesses the fulfilment of the long cherished dream of the people of Chhotanagpur and Santhalparganas for a separate state of Jharkhand.
	rrtd.nic.in /Jharkhand.html (1771 words)

	Definition of Nevin Birsa
		He provided the Mundas a leadership, a religion and a code of life which sought freedom and dignity.
		In 1894 the monsons failed and Chhotanagpur faced an epidemic and starvation.
		On 1st October, 1894 the young Birsa led the Mundas to Chaibasa to petition for remission of forest dues, thus appearing as a leader for his tribe for the first time.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Nevin_Birsa (438 words)

	More About Bihar :: Fact File of Bihar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A rocky, incredibly mineral rich plateau in the south, the Chhotanagpur Plateau.
		Minerals - The Chhotanagpur plateau is indeed the single richest mineral belt in all of India; indeed, it is one of the richest mineral containing area in the whole world.
		It has frequently been called the Ruhr of India, after a similar mineral-rich area of that name (Ruhr) in Germany, which was a vital part of the German war industry during World War II.
	bstdc.bih.nic.in /FactFile.htm (2203 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Jharkhand state fail to instill confidence among tribals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As a result, various left- wing extremist groups have created a strong base capitalizing on the local people's problems accentuated by official apathy.
		Ironically, the demand for an exclusive state for the people of Jharkhand had first started in 1920 by the Chhotanagpur Unnati Samaj (development society), a front that worked for the local people's rights.
		But now that the new state has been created, the locals -- with tribe’s persons comprising 27.67 percent of Jharkhand's 22 million population -- doubt whether their lot would really improve.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2000/11/15/tribals.html (608 words)

	Arcaeology of Eastern India: Chhotanagpur Plateau and West Bengal
		Arcaeology of Eastern India: Chhotanagpur Plateau and West Bengal
		From the Jacket: For a number of reasons the archaeology of the Chhotanagpur plateau and its extension up to the edge of the Bhagirathi plain in West Bengal deserves more than a passing mention in Indian archaeology.
		Secondly, the entire region is full of archaeological sites from the lower Paleolithic stage onwards, and some of the major issues of cultural development in eastern India are centred around them.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/IAB40 (331 words)

	Different Soils of India: A Profile And Map
		Red soils cover the eastern part of the peninsular region comprising Chhotanagpur plateau, Orissa, eastern Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, the Nilgiris and Tamil Nadu plateau.
		The laterite soils is the result of intense leaching owing to heavy tropical rains.
		They are found along the edge of plateau in the east covering small parts of Tamil Nadu, and Orissa and a small part of Chhotanagpur in the north and Meghalaya in the north-east.
	www.maps-india.com /overview/typesofsoil.htm (293 words)

	Uttarakhand News Archive: Commentary on Statehood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In his speech at the Mahasabha he insisted that the tribals of Chhotanagpur had suffered grievously at the hands of Bengal and Bihar.
		In either case, the parent state was bitterly opposed to separation, for these areas provided it with abundant natural resources at low cost.
		The Chhotanagpur plateau and the central Himalaya are both rich in forest cover, mineral wealth, and hydro-electric potential.
	www.bostonglobalaction.net /UK/news-inauguration.html (6856 words)

	Kunjban : Chhotanagpuri Folk Music and Dance Training Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Chhotanagpur there are nine tribes, each with its own music.
		The stories in the songs tell of working in the fields; the distress of the deserted lover; the love-play of the god Krishna and his consort, Radha; and of the creation of the universe itself.
		Mukund Nayak is known throughout Chhotanagpur as one of the greatest composers and poets in this style of his time.
	www.kunjban.org /main.html (325 words)

	The Telegraph - Ranchi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Stamp exhibition to be inaugurated by South Chhotanagpur commissioner Shiela Kisku Rapaj at Ursuline Convent School, Purulia Road, at 11.30 am.
		Chhotanagpur Small Scale Industries’ Association to organise a meeting t the association conference hall, Kokar Industrial Area, at 2.30 pm.
		Refresher course to be organised at Academic Staff College, Morahbadi, at 10 am.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030328/asp/ranchi/story_1815089.asp (109 words)

	Catalog Page for PIA04381
		The southern portion of Bihar became Jharkhand, which now includes most of the Chhotanagpur plateau, to which many of the mineral resources of the region are bestowed.
		Northeastern India does not possess significant quantities of lateric nickel, molybdenum or tin.
		However, Bihar (before division) produced much of India's copper, and both gold (south of Chhotanagpur) and uranium (at Jadugudda in southern Jharkhand) are found today in Jharkhand.
	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov /catalog/PIA04381 (1389 words)

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