Supaul
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Supaul is a town and a
History
Supaul, which was previously a part of
During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Videha became one of the major political and cultural centers of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Videha Kingdom were called Janakas.[4] The Videha Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajjika League, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila.[5]
Transport
Air
Rajbiraj Airport is the nearest airport roughly 76 km away through NH 327A - NH 57 - Western Koshi Embankment Road - Dagmara - Kunauli . Shree Airlines and Buddha Air operates their daily flights between Rajbiraj and Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal.[6]
But in India, Darbhanga Airport roughly 120 km is the nearest operational airport.[7]
Road
NH 27 passes through Supaul. It connects Supaul to Purnia, Siliguri, Guwahati in the east and Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Patna and Gorakhpur in the west.
Another state highways connect Supaul to its
.Rail
Supaul railway station lies on
Geography
Supaul is located at 25°56′N 86°15′E / 25.93°N 86.25°E.[8] It has an average elevation of 34 metres (111 feet).
Demographics
As of 2011[update]
Educational Institutions
- University
- Schools
- Delhi Public School
- R.S.M Public School,Supaul[10]
- Golden Public School
- DAV Public School,Supaul
Notable people
- R.K.Singh, Raj Kumar Singh is a former Indian bureaucrat and a current Minister of State in the Government of India.
- Bharatiya Janta Partyand former cabinet minister
- Fashion Designer
- Dileshwar Kamait is an Indian politician and a member of parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Supaul Lok Sabha constituency, Bihar.
- Saharsaconstituency
- Supaul constituency and Spokesperson of Indian National Congress
- Udit narayan, an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi films. He was born and raised in Supaul
References
- ^ a b "50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ISBN 9788175330344.
- ^ Michael Witzel (1989), Tracing the Vedic dialects in Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes ed. Caillat, Paris, pages 13, 17 116–124, 141–143
- ^ Witzel, M. (1989). "Tracing the Vedic dialects". In Caillat, C. (ed.). Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes. Paris: Fondation Hugot. pp. 141–143.
- ^ Hemchandra, R. (1972). Political History of Ancient India. Calcutta: University of Calcutta.
- ^ "Rajbiraj Airport to resume its flight services from May 8 as Shree Airline prepares for flight operation". 24 April 2019.
- ^ Binay Kumar Jha, Faryal Rumi (13 September 2020). "Flights from Darbhanga by first week of November: Minister". TOI. Times Of India. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Supaul
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "RSM Public School, Supaul - Listbia". Retrieved 31 March 2024.