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  PatnaDaily.Com - Readers Write
Today Sasaram is the head quarter of the district of Rohtas.
Sasaram certainly needs upliftment and has got a lot of potential but requires a lot of backup.
Even though I am not a native of Sasaram nor do I hail from the district of Rohtas, I do have allegiance to Bihar as I was born there and continue to have my roots in the state.
www.patnadaily.com /readerswrite/2006/jun/indra20.html   (1000 words)

  
 Sasaram, the headquarter of Rohtas district of Bihar is a small town on the Grand Trunk Road (National Highway No   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sasaram, the headquarter of Rohtas district of Bihar is a small town on the Grand Trunk Road (National Highway No kaumudi
Sasaram, the headquarter of Rohtas district of Bihar is a small town on the Grand Trunk Road (National Highway No.2) with a railway station of the same name on Mughalsarai -Gaya Section.
He built a new city on the bank of Yamuna river near Delhi of which the sole survivor is the Old fort (Purana Qila) and the mosque within it known for its lavishness of decoration.
asi.nic.in /writereaddata/sublink2images/38.htm   (616 words)

  
 Sasaram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sasaram is the administrative headquarters of Rohtas District, Bihar state, India.
Sasaram Railway station is located on the Grand Chord line of the Indian Railways, connecting Calcutta and Delhi.
Sasaram is also famous for the red sandstone mausoleum of Emperor Sher Shah Suri, built during 1540-45 AD stands magnificently in the middle of an artificial lake.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sasaram   (150 words)

  
 India Before The Modern Age Part 2: sasaram (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Etching by Morris after a painting by William Hodges of the the Tomb of the Emperor Sher Shah at Sasaram in Bihar, dated 1786.
Sasaram served as the capital for the Suri dynasty between 1530 and 1540 before the move to Delhi for the remaining five years of Suri rule.
Hodges had visited the site in 1783 and had remarked in his Travels, "I could not be struck by the grandeur of this monument, rising from the center of a large square lake, each side bounded by masonry...".
varnashrama-maui.com.cob-web.org:8888 /album2/slides/sasaram.html   (185 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Najma, a murder accused, was raped allegedly by a constable while in police custody at the Sasaram Sadar hospital.
She was shifted to the Sasaram hospital after her condition worsened late last year.
As an undertrial, Najma was lodged in a separate room in the women’s ward with a constable on guard.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030821/asp/nation/story_2284430.asp   (544 words)

  
 Tomb of Sher Shah Suri, Sasarm, Bihar; Indian Pathan architecture
The tomb of Sher Shah Suri and his son here reflects the life style of a 16th century Afghans who were dubbed in history as usurpers of the Mughal throne.
Sher Shah was born in Narnaul and spent his childhood at Sasaram.
Early in the 16th century, Sasaram, under Hasan Khan Sur was a part of the Sharqi kingdom of Jaunpur.
www.dancewithshadows.com /harman/just2-july.asp   (1034 words)

  
 Justice eludes Sasaram traders- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
SASARAM: The silence of the Rohtas SP and other senior officials on the issue of the implication of some local businessman, who dared to take on rangdars, in false criminal cases by the then DSP Madhu Sudan has threatened to erode the faith of common people in police.
The officer incharge of the Sasaram Town police station evinced “extraordinary” interest in complying with the order as he immediately raided the market and arrested the accused shopkeepers.
The shopkeepers alleged the DSP never bothered to record the statements of the shopkeepers and supervised the case while sitting in the house of the complainant.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?artid=26806034   (516 words)

  
 Sasaram city of Bihar - India
Sasaram, a dreary and dusty little town is located on the Grand Trunk Road, the famous Indian Highway built by the master architect, Aliwal Khan, in the reign of Sher Shah in the mid -16th century.
Built in 1535, within a walled enclosure, it has been engulfed by the rustic town of Sasaram and is in a somewhat dilapidated condition.
There are quite a few Muslim tombs at Maner at Dehri, 17 kms from Sasaram.
www.bharatheritage.in /bihar/sasaram.htm   (327 words)

  
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SASARAM: The former Union Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, was shot at and injured on Thursday at an election rally in Nokha village, near here.
He was rushed to a clinic in Sasaram, where the pellets were removed.
The assailant was presumed dead and taken by the police to a Government Hospital in Sasaram for post-mortem examination.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005100712840100.htm&date=2005/10/07/&prd=th&   (461 words)

  
 APNA CHAKWAL
The minor rock edict of Emperor Ashok at Chandan Sahid near Sasaram confirmed the Mauryans conquests of this district.
Sher Shah’s father Hassan Khan Suri was an Afghan adventure, he got the jagir of Sasaram as a reward for his services to Jamal Khan, and the Governor of Province during the latter’s attachment with the king of Jaunpur.
But the Afghan Jagirdar was not able to exercise full control over this subject since the allegiance of the people was very lose and the landlords were particularly independent.
www.sitesled.com /members/soulreader43/rohtas.htm   (604 words)

  
 Sasaram Bihar City Tourist Guide, Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri, Tomb of Hasan Sur Khan, Tourism in Sasaram Bihar, Forts ...
Sasaram Bihar City Tourist Guide, Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri, Tomb of Hasan Sur Khan, Tourism in Sasaram Bihar, Forts and Museums of Sasaram
Sasaram lies half way between Varanasi and Gaya.
There are frequent buses for Sasaram, from Patna, Varanasi and Gaya.
www.indiantravelportal.com /bihar/sasaram   (417 words)

  
 Sher Shah Suri
Farid was soon taken to Sasaram by his father, Hasan, who had been granted a jagir there by his master, Umar Khan Sarwahi, entitled Khan-I-Azam, when the latter got the governorship of Jaunpur.
Being pleased with this promising youth, Jamal Khan, his father's patron, effected a reconciliation between him and his father, who allowed him to return to Sasaram and to administer the paraganas of Sasaram and Khawaspur, both then within the jurisdiction of Sarkar.
By virtue of sheer merit and ability he rose from a very humble position to be the leader of Afghan revival, and one of the greatest rulers that India has produced.
www.afghan-network.net /Culture/shershah.html   (3568 words)

  
 Panic grips Sasaram as crime graph spirals- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
SASARAM: Sudden spurt in criminal activities in Sasaram and the failure of the police to check the crime has caused insecurity and panic among the local residents.
Recently a daylong dharna in February led by the RJD MLA from Sasaram and request of the minister of state Chhedi Paswan failed to fetch transfer orders of the SP Rohtas Raguwansh Prasad Yadav.
According to sources within the last six months three prominent businessman have been killed in broadday light in Sasaram and more than one dozen attempts have been made to kidnap businessmen from the market area of the town.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?artid=23212469   (274 words)

  
 Houses / homes for sale or for rent in Sasaram - Vacation Rental
If you are considering buying real estate in Sasaram, or anywhere else for that matter, the most widely used method of borrowing the funds to make the purchase is a mortgage.
When renting a home in Sasaram you are usually limited to the changes/improvements you can make.
In many cases vacation rentals in Sasaram are offered by the owners of the property but in some instances real estate agents offer vacation rentals in Sasaram.
www.propertyworld.com /_India_Bihar_Sasaram   (831 words)

  
 Prasad survives bid on life | oHERALDo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Prasad, who was sharing the dais with senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and party candidate for the assembly election Rameshwar Parasad Chaurasia in Nokha, 25 kms from Sasaram, slumped onto the dais as the bullet his left arm.
He was rushed to a private clinic in Sasaram where the pellets were removed.
The doctor at Sasaram Sadar Hospital was about to perform autopsy but abandoned the procedure on noticing signs of life and rushed him to the emergency for treatment where it was discovered that he was breathing but unconscious.
oheraldo.in /node/5056   (432 words)

  
 Temples  And Legends of Bihar - Aranya Devi  ( Introduction)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arrah is served by a railway station of the.
Arrah is located at a distance of 36 miles from Patna, with which it is linked by an all-weather road from Sasaram, a sub-divisional headquarters of Shahabad district.
Sasaram is 60 miles from Arrah and the Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Delhi runs via Sasaram.
www.hindubooks.org /temples/bihar/aranyadevi/index.htm   (158 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
The state BJP president, Mr Sushil Modi, criticised the Governor, Mr Buta Singh, for failing to protect the life and property of the people in the state which was under the President’s rule.
The unidentified assailant, who was severely thrashed by angry BJP workers with chairs, sticks and whatever was available, was presumed dead and taken by police to a government hospital in Sasaram for postmortem.
He said since Sasaram was only a few kms from the incident-site he decided to take Mr Prasad there instead of Patna and admitted him to the clinic.
www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20051007/main2.htm   (739 words)

  
 Distant view of Sher Shah Suri's Tomb, with surroundings, Sasaram.
This view of the tomb of Sher Shah Suri and its surroundings at Sasaram was taken by J D Beglar in the 1870s for the Archaeological Survey of India. ; It predates the extensive restoration proj" />
This view of the tomb of Sher Shah Suri and its surroundings at Sasaram was taken by J D Beglar in the 1870s for the Archaeological Survey of India. ; It predates the extensive restoration project of the mausoleum undertaken by Beglar in 1882-3.
This city in Bihar served as the capital for the Suri dynasty between 1530 and 1540 before the move to Delhi for the remaining five years of Suri rule.
www.collectbritain.co.uk /personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO000001003U00486000   (212 words)

  
 Sasaram News
Local news for Sasaram continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates SASARAM : With little chance of relief in the immediate future despite a favourable court order, about 100 former dance bar girls from the state are willing to bid goodbye to...
SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates SASARAM: In one of the fastest ever trials in Bihar, a court in record 18 days awarded life sentence to nine persons for kidnapping an eminent doctor on February 7 this year.
www.topix.net /in/sasaram   (305 words)

  
 PD News - BJP Leader out of Danger
Former Union Minister and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad who was shot at an election rally in Sasaram on Thursday, is said to be out of any danger though the doctors continue to keep a close eye on him due to excessive bleeding in the left arm.
As reported earlier, Prasad was shot at an election rally at Nokha, approximately 25 kilometers from Sasaram.
He was rushed to a Sasaram hospital but in the lack of adequate facility, had to be air-lifted to Patna.
www.patnadaily.com /news05/october/100605/bjp_leader_out_of_danger.html   (468 words)

  
 Denied ticket, RJD minister quits
The minister quit to protest against the denial of party ticket from Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency.
"Yadav has sold the ticket of Sasaram Lok Sabha seat to Meira Kumar ignoring the hard work put in by genuine party workers like me. I have decided to resign from the Rabri Devi ministry as well as the RJD in protest against the insult," Paswan stated.
Paswan, who twice represented Sasaram in Parliament in 1989 and 1991, but lost in 1996 and 1999, said he had been preparing to contest after getting assurance from the RJD leadership.
www.rediff.com /election/2004/mar/29rjd.htm?zcc=rl   (294 words)

  
 outlookindia.com | wired
Prasad, who was sharing the dais with senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and party candidate for the assembly election Rameshwar Parasad Chaurasia in Nokha, 25 kms from Sasaram, received bullet injuries in his left arm and was rushed to a private clinic in Sasaram where pellets were removed.
He said since Sasaram was only a few km from the incident-site he decided to take Prasad there instead of Patna and admitted him to the clinic.
Chaurasia had recently filed a complaint with the police alleging that an attempt was made on his life by his opponents in Sasaram, headquarters of Rohtas district, on September 25.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=327204   (661 words)

  
 INDOlink - India General News - RJD Minister Quits Both Party, Govt. Over Denial Of Ticket
In his one-line resignation letter to the state Chief Minister, Paswan said: "I am resigning from the cabinet as minister of state for Weights and Measure and Horticulture in Agriculture department.
It is worth mentioning here that RJD supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav has left the seat for Congress, as per the electoral understanding, for its nominee Meira Kumar, daughter of late Jagjivan Ram.
Paswan, who twice represented Sasaram in the Lok Sabha in 1989 and 1991 but lost in 1996 and 1999, said he had been preparing to contest after getting assurance from the RJD leadership.
www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=032904043925   (369 words)

  
 The Hindu : Other States / Bihar News : Shoot-at-sight orders in Bihar
Of around 15,000 booths, 6200 were declared super-sensitive and 5700 were identified as sensitive where extra security vigil would be kept.
All the 11 constituencies are witnessing a straight contest between the RJD-led secular alliance and the NDA.
While the JD-U has fielded its candidates in Barh, Nalanda Jehanabad, Ara, Bikramganj and Aurangabad, its electoral ally, BJP is contesting from Patna, Buxar, Sasaram, Gaya and Nawada.
www.hindu.com /2004/04/20/stories/2004042008880300.htm   (446 words)

  
 Bhojpuria Samachar - The Exclusive News from Bhojpuria region
Sasaram: Senior JD-U leader and former minister Cheddi Paswan on Friday termed his suspension from the party as 'unconstitutional'.
Through this act the central leadership of JD-U has insulted 50,000 citizens of Shahabad range in Rohtas district," Paswan told reporters at Sasaram.
Paswan, JD-U MLA from Mohania (SC) seat in Kaimur district, who was earlier served a showcause notice for issuing a public statement against JD-U leader in the Lok Sabha Prabhunath Singh and Bihar party president Rajiv Ranjan Singh, was suspended by party president Sharad Yadav on Thursday.
www.bhojpuria.com /samachar/news.php?a=1176   (168 words)

  
 Former I&B minister shot at, out of danger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad was shot at during an election rally in Nokha village, near Sasaram, in western Bihar, on Thursday afternoon.
He was immediately operated upon -- a bullet was removed from his left arm -- by a local surgeon, Dr Chittaranjan, at the Sasaram hospital.
According to J P Singh, assistant sub-inspector from Nokha village, Prasad's assailant fell unconscious in the attack and under treatment at the Sadar government hospital, Sasaram.
us.rediff.com /news/2005/oct/06bihar1.htm?q=tp&file=.htm   (466 words)

  
 Bihar: Sasaram
Sasaram is the district headquarter of Rohtas district under Patna division in the state of Bihar, India.
Police in Sasaram in Rohtas district booked a five-year-old boy on charges of pick-pocketing.
The case is in stark contrast to the one in Sasaram the other day when the local court created history of sorts by conducting a full trial over five hours and...
www.biharandjharkhand.com /bihar/town/sasaram/index.php   (222 words)

  
 Tehelka - The People's Paper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sahayog Sevashram, an NGO in Sasaram, was registered in February 2002.
However, a visit to one of the NGO’s work areas, Chenari block in Sasaram, revealed a different story.
Residents of Samhouta village in the block informed that only two hand pumps for Rs 5,000 each had been installed.
www.tehelka.com /story_main14.asp?filename=Cr102205Duped_by.asp   (920 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jharkhand
However, they did not disclose anything about the clues provided by Tabrez,” the DSP said.
Ranjan said during interrogation by the police Tabrez confessed to his involvement in the Surat bank dacoity and looting of a truck from Sasaram in Bihar.
Another senior police official said they have been able to get the name and address of the person who had purchased the truck looted by Tabrez from Sasaram for Rs 75,000.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040719/asp/jharkhand/story_3513040.asp   (372 words)

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