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  Hajipur Tours,Tour To Hajipur,Tours To Hajipur,Tour To Hajipur Bihar,Tours To Hajipur Bihar,Hajipur Tourism,Hajipur ...
Hajipur or Ukkacala of ancient times is a small village at a distance of 10 km from Patna.
The tour of Hajipur is significant because Buddha gave one discourse at this place and some of the Ananda's ashes were kept here.
Hajipur can be reached from Patna, which is 10 km across the River Ganga.
www.buddhisttoursindia.com /buddhist-tour-destinations/hajipur-tours.html   (412 words)

  
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Hajipur is a city and a municipality in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Hajipur is also of interest because a portion of Ananda's ashes were enshrined in the town.
Hajipur has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 51%.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Hajipur   (378 words)

  
 Hajipur - LoveToKnow 1911
HAJIPUR, a town of British India, in the Muzaffarpur district of Bengal, on the Gandak, just above its confluence with the Ganges opposite Patna.
Hajipur figures conspicuously in the history of the struggles between Akbar and his rebellious Afghan governors of Bengal, being twice besieged and captured by the imperial troops, in 1572 and 1574.
Hajipur has a station on the main line of the Bengal and North-western railway.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hajipur   (122 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Constituency/Hajipur: RJD makes Paswan slog to retain Hajipur
The Hajipur reserved seat is witnessing a battle among three Rams: Ram Vilas Paswan of the Janata Dal (United), Ramai Ram of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and former Bihar chief minister Ram Sundar Das of Chandrashekhar's Samajwadi Janata Party.
While Jandaha and Hajipur segments seem to favour the former railway minister, the Paswan wave of 1996 and 1998 appears to be receding in Mahua and Raghopur.
Railway officials say Hajipur was never thought suitable for a zonal office since it does not generate much income.
www.indiaabroad.com /election/1999/sep/20bihar.htm   (1144 words)

  
 Hajipur - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Hajipur is the headquarters of Vaishali district in the state of Bihar, in India.
Hajipur is also of interest because a portion of Ananda's ashes were enshrined in the town.
Hajipur is the head quarter of East Central railways.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hajipur   (355 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
Cut up because Kumar allegedly stole their leader’s thunder --- the Hajipur project was conceived when Paswan was rail minister but Kumar got it cleared by the Centre and inaugurated the premises on October 1 --- suspected Paswan supporters have pinched a marble plaque with the rail minister’s name inscribed on it.
The office of the Hajipur acting chief PRO, A.K. Chandra, confirmed that the plaque had been stolen and would be replaced soon.
Sources in Paswan’s camp in Hajipur said the plaque was removed in retaliation to East-Central Railway’s move to wipe off Paswan’s name from the Hajipur complex though he first laid its foundation stone.
www.telegraphindia.com /1021008/asp/nation/story_1273001.asp   (373 words)

  
 Hajipur in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Hajipur, the administrative headquarters of Vaishali District, is situated on the banks of the Ganges River.
Besides, Hajipur was one of the prominent Mughal territories during the reign of Akbar (from 1556-1605).
Hajipur Junction Railway Station, managed by the East Central Railways, has connections to the major cities in Bihar.
www.india9.com /i9show/14408.htm   (120 words)

  
 Paswan threatens to quit if Hajipur rail zone is derailed
Hajipur's East Central Railway has full-fledged infrastructure and nearly Rs 15 crore has already been spent on building a 90-room zonal office with latest equipment like computer with Internet facilities in virtually all rooms of the office.
Bihar alone contributes 41 per cent to the total freight carried by the Indian Railways and is the maximum generator for freight revenue in the country.
Both Mr Tariq Anwar and Mr Anand Mohan walked the 22km stretch from Hajipur's East Central Railway headquarter office to Raj Bhawan in Patna to lodge their protest and ensure that the zonal headquarter is not closed down by any "sinister designs".
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/20000927/fco27084.html   (923 words)

  
 Hajipur, Bihar, India - Houses / Homes / Real Estate property for sale or for rent - and vacation rentals
If you are considering buying real estate in Hajipur or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
If you need to send money to or from Hajipur for the purchase of a property (or for any other reason) our suggestions can help you obtain more currency with less worry when buying foreign currency.
A mortgage is often used to fund the purchase of a house, home, apartment or villa to be used as vacation rentals.
www.propertyworld.com /_India_Bihar_Hajipur   (805 words)

  
 bihartimes.com : A Passage to Bihar
The woman resorted to this extreme form of protest, as the police have not succeeded in rescuing her husband despite repeated assurances by state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a relative of her said Monday.
Her husband Mahesh Rai along with three others was abducted by a group of armed men in broad daylight on April 27 from a restaurant in Hajipur.
Hajipur police reportedly informed Sunaina next morning that her husband was under the custody of Patna police who denied it.
www.bihartimes.com /news06\marchbh\Aug\28bhaug02.html   (306 words)

  
 rediff.com: 6,500 workers seek transfer to Hajipur rail zone
Sources in Hajipur said the new office had received 6,500 applications from employees of difference grades working in various zones.
The Hajipur office had forwarded the names of around 450 people, including 40 Class I officers, to the railway board in New Delhi for approval of transfer.
It is estimated that new zone at Hajipur, which will comprise of five divisions, namely Sonepur, Samastipur, Danapur, Mughalsarai and Dhanbad, will generate an annual revenue of more than Rs1000 crore.
www.rediff.com /news/2002/jul/11rly.htm   (185 words)

  
 PD News - Criminals Abduct a Hajipur Cop
Hajipur, fast becoming the kidnapping capital of the nation, registered yet another case of abduction as Vineshwar Kishore, a state policeman, was taken away by unidentified armed criminals as, like last several years, he headed to report for duty on Friday morning, the police in Patna revealed.
Reporting his disappearance with the Hajipur police, the victim's mother said that her son had earlier left home for work but never made it to the police station.
Accusing people of inaction, his wife Usha Devi said that the Hajipur police had dismissed their claims of abduction saying Kishore had run away from home and would resurface again after a few days thus needing no police action.
www.patnadaily.com /news2004/121104/hajipur_cop_abducted.html   (223 words)

  
 India Tourism | Vaishali
Hajipur (35 kms) on the North Eastern Railway is the nearest railway station.
Vaishali is connected by road to Patna (55 kms), Muzaffarpur (36 kms) and Hajipur (35 kms).
The Jain Prakrit Institute offers a place of study for researchers interested in Jainology an Prakrit, one of the spoken languages of Northern India in ancient times.
www.india-tourism.com /EN/vaishali.html   (354 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Constituency/ Hajipur
Now, the Hajipur parliamentary constituency near the Ganga has become the battleground of the friends-turned foes with the Congress-supported Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Ramai Ram clashing with the Janata Dal (United)'s Ram Vilas Paswan, who is backed by the BJP.
According to a reservation clerk at Hajipur railway station, Paswan made it a modern junction with computerised reservation.
The most serious charge against Paswan by the RJD-Congress combine is that he allegedly collected Rs six billion from local people to invest in the JVG group of companies that subsequently went bankrupt.
www.indiaabroad.com /election/1999/sep/16bihar1.htm   (998 words)

  
 A Pilgrims Guide to Buddhist India: Hajipur
However Hajipur is also of interest because a portion of Ananda's ashes were enshrined in the town.
The stupa built on the south bank of the Ganges has long ago been washed away by the rivers constantly changing course but the one on the northern bank is now a grassy mound with a Hindu temple on it situated in the western outskirts of Hajipur.
Hajipur is 10 kilometres across the Ganges from Patna.
www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/pilgrim/pg_08.htm   (307 words)

  
 Pet projects derailed, Paswan fumes
PATNA, AUG 11: Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan is engaged in a tussle with his own government in an attempt to undo some of the projects which he had launched as Railways Minister.
As the railways minister, he laid the foundation of the Railway Zonal office at Hajipur.
The move to dismantle the zonal office is being met with resistance in Hajipur.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000812/ina12065.html   (505 words)

  
 National
The proposal to locate the headquarters of a zone at Hajipur came from Paswan when he was the Railway Minister in 1996-98 and the proposal had a ripple effect over the entire railway system.
This background is necessary in the context of the current controversy over the transfer of some divisions of ER to the proposed East Central Railway with headquarters at Hajipur, a small township near the confluence of the Ganga and Gandak rivers in north Bihar, just across the Ganga from Patna, the State capital.
The proposal to locate the headquarters of a zone at Hajipur came from him first when he was the Railway Minister in 1996-98 and the proposal had a ripple effect over the entire railway system.
www.dayafterindia.com /aug2/rail.html   (1036 words)

  
 The Hindu News Update Service
Hajipur (Bihar), Oct 18.(PTI): Taking serious exception to the sealing of 600 electronic voting machines in the absence of election observers and representatives of political parties, the Election Commission's special advisor, K J Rao, on Monday ordered reopening of such machines and their sealing afresh on October 20.
Swiftly acting on complaints of eight election observers that EVMs were being sealed by the Vaishali district authorities in their absence, Rao airdashed here on Sunday, ordered re-sealing of the machines on October 20 in presence of representatives of political parties, observers and returning officers, official sources told PTI on Monday.
There are six Assembly segments in Hajipur parliamentary constituency of LJP president and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/holnus/002200510180310.htm   (210 words)

  
 ebuddhaindia.com -hajipur -place of ananda's shrine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Buddha is known to have taught only one discourse in at this place, the Cula Goplalaka Sutta, which you can find in The Middle Length Discourses.
Half his ashes fell on one side of the river, half on the other and stupas were later built over each portion.
The stupa built on the south bank of the Ganges has long ago been washed away by the rivers constantly changing course but the one on the northern bank is now a grassy mound with a Hindu temple on it situated in the western outskirts of Hajipur.
www.ebudhaindia.com /places/hajipur.htm   (360 words)

  
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 Temples  And Legends Of Bihar -  Vaisali ( Introduction)
Vaisali is a village connected by road with the headquarters of a sub-division of Hajipur, Muzaffarpur district, as well as with Muzaffarpur, the district headquarters town.
It is 22 miles from Hajipur and 30 miles from Muzaffarpur by road.
Horse- drawn ekkas and rickshaws are also available at Hajipur station.
www.hindubooks.org /temples/bihar/vaisali/index.htm   (103 words)

  
 Truck plunges into Ganga, two killed
Senior Superintendent of Police Kundan Krishnan said that the driver and the helper of the ill-fated truck were feared killed although no deadbody could be fished out from the spot or downstream of the turbulent river as yet.
Retrieval of the truck set at rest the confusion in police and administratives circles of Vaishali and Patna districts about the type of the vehicle, which plunged into Ganga,official sources said.
Earlier in the morning civil officials as well as police teams rushed from both Hajipur and Patna on the basis of unconfirmed reports that a bus carrying 40-50 people from Hajipur Railway station to Patna had jumped the railings of the bridge leading to watery grave of the passengers.
news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061230/551300.html   (242 words)

  
 Central Chronicle
Hajipur, Jan 1 A woman along with her five children was burnt alive in Raghopur block of Bihar's Vaishali district in the wee hours on Sunday for refusing to withdraw a theft case against three persons, police said.
Superintendent of police Preeta Verma told newspersons that the wife of one Vijendra Mahto and her five children were burnt alive by armed men who set ablaze their house at Rampur-Shyamchand village of the district at around 1 am.
Hajipur: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, today ordered a high-level administrative inquiry into the burning alive of six members of a family in Raghopur block in Vaishali district.
www.centralchronicle.com /20060102/0201001.htm   (590 words)

  
 Excelsior... Nation
Mr Paswan has wider acceptablity in the state’s political arena and is one of the main architects of the merger of the Samata Party with the Janata Dal to form Janata Dal (United) and to have an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mr Paswan was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Hajipur (Reserved) constituency since 1977 except during 1984 and 1991.
The so called five-star dalit leader was elected for the first time from this constituency in the Janata Party wave in 1977 with a record 89 per cent of the total votes polled and all the remaining seven candidates in the fray lost their deposits.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /99sep21/national.htm   (3257 words)

  
 Keen contest for Paswan in Hajipur
Besides, Laloo factor too will play a major role as Yadavs, who are the single largest caste in the constituency having around 350,000 votes would side with Ramvilas Paswan, claims Jugal Kishore Rai at Terasia village under Raghopur assembly constituency represented by Chief Minister Rabri Devi.
Of six assembly segments in Hajipur Parliamentary seat two -- Hajipur and Jandaha --have NDA MLAs, while Mahua, Raghopur and Patepur were won by RJD in the 2000 assembly elections and Mahnar by the LJP.
However, RJD MLA from Mahua Dasai Chaudhary recently quit the party and is fighting as JD-U candidate against Ramvilas Paswan's brother Ramchandra Paswan in Rosera.
in.rediff.com /election/2004/apr/23paswan.htm   (760 words)

  
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 Nityanand Rai v. State of Bihar & Anr [2005] INSC 232 (11 April 2005)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
And being aggrieved by the said order of the Sessions Court, the petitioner preferred an anticipatory bail application before the High Court of Patna which also came to be rejected on 17-7-2003 directing the appellant to surrender and seek regular bail.
As per the said direction, it is stated that the appellant surrendered before the C.J.M., Vaishali at Hajipur on 21-7-2003 and moved a regular bail application which was rejected by the learned Sessions Judge on 7-8-2003.
It was also stated in the said application for cancellation of bail that two complaints have already been filed in the Sadar Police Station, Hajipur on 10-10-2003 and 13-10-2003 alleging a threat by the appellant and his henchmen.
www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/2005/232.html   (1435 words)

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