UPKAR PRAKASHAN, AGRA–2

ByDr. C. L. Khanna

Revised byKumar Sundram

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CONTENTS

1. Jharkhand : At a Glance………………………………………………………….. 3–11

2. Jharkhand : History………………………………………………………….……. 12–18

3. Jharkhand : Agriculture…………………………………………………………… 19–21

4. Jharkhand : Wild-life Sanctuary………………………………………….………. 22–24

5. Jharkhand : Rivers………………………………………………………………... 25–28

6. Jharkhand : Minerals……………………………………………………………... 29–32

7. Jharkhand : Industries……………………………………………………….……. 33–40

8. Jharkhand : Population…………………………………………………….……… 41–44

9. Jharkhand : Tribes………………………………………………………………... 45–48

10. Jharkhand : Transport……………………………………………………….……. 49–50

11. Jharkhand : Art, Culture, Fair and Festivals……………………………….……… 51–53

12. Jharkhand : Places of Tourism…………………………………………….……… 54–70

13. Jharkhand : Newspapers and Magazines…………………………………..……… 71–71

14. Jharkhand : Important Personalities……………………………………….……… 72–74

15. Jharkhand : Struggle for Freedom Tribal Movement/Revolution………………... 75–81

16. Jharkhand : Budget…………………………………………………………….…. 82–82

● Multiple Choice Questions………………………………………………….……. 83–88

JharkhandGeneral Knowledge

1Jharkhand : At a Glance

➡ State—Jharkhand

➡ Capital—Ranchi

➡ Sub-Capital—Dumka (Proposed)

➡ Importance—Majority of tribal people, storehouse of mineral resources, monopoly in manyminerals, a state of series of industries.

➡ Nomenclature—Tribal civilization, plateauregion, plenty of Jhars, known as Jharkhand.

➡ Geographical location—From 21°-58′-10′′Ν to 25·18′ N. Latitude and 83°-22′ E to 87°-57′′ E. Long.

➡ Boundaries—Bihar in the North, Odisha inthe South, West Bengal in the East, Chhattis-garh and Uttar Pradesh in the West.

➡ Extent of the state—Length from East toWest 463 km. Breadth from North to South380 km.

➡ Date of formation as 28th state—15thNovember, 2000.

➡ Commissionaries—05

➡ Districts—24➡ Cities—152➡ Blocks—212

➡ Villages—32,620

➡ Area—79,714 km2

➡ Population—3,29,88,134 persons➤ Male—1,69,30,315➤ Female—1,60,57,819

➡ Rural population—2,50,55,013

➤ Male—1,27,76,846

➤ Female—1,22,78,587

➡ Urban population—79,33,061

➡ Total population agegroup—(0-6) 53,89,495➤ Male children—27,67,147

➤ Female children—26,22,348

➡ Sex Ratio (0-6)—943

➡ Decadel Growth (2001-11)—22·59%

➡ Literacy (Provisional)—67·63%

➤ Male—78·45%➤ Female—56·21%

➡ Sex ratio (Provisional)—947 female per1000 male

➡ Density of population—414 persons km2

➡ Means of transportation—Rail, Road, Aero-plane, Waterways.

➡ Source of Revenue—Mining, Iron and Steelindustry.

➡ State Language—Hindi➡ Other Languages—Santhali, Bangla, Mun-

dari, Ho, Oriya.➡ High Court—Ranchi (21st in the nation)

➡ State Legislature—Unicameral

➡ No. of M.L.As.—81 + 1 (nominated fromAnglo American Community)

➡ M.Ps.—14➡ Members of upper house—06➡ State animal—Elephant➡ State bird—Cuckoo➡ State tree—Sal➡ State flower—Butea➡ Present Governor—Syed Ahmed

➡ Present Chief Minister—President Rule U/A356 of Indian Constitution

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First Person in Jharkhand➡ First Governor—Prabhat Kumar

➡ First Chief Minister—Babu Lal Marandi

➡ First Speaker of Vidhan Sabha—InderSingh Namdhari

➡ First Leader of Opposition—StephenMarandi

➡ First Woman Cabinet Minister—JobaMazhi

➡ First Chief Justice of High Court—VinodKumar Gupta

➡ First Chief Secretary—B. S. Dubey➡ First I. G. Police—Shivaji Mohan Caire➡ First Advocate General—Mangal-mai-

Banerjee➡ First Paramveer Chakra Awardee—Albert

Ekka➡ The person known as Marad Gomke—

Jaipal Singh Munda➡ First International Women Hockey Player

from tribal people—Savitri-Purti➡ First Woman International umpire—

Ashitra Lakra➡ First Chairman of the Jharkhand Public

Commission—Fatique Chand Hembrum➡ First Nominated Member of Vidhan

Sabha—Joshep Pacheli Galsteen

First in Jharkhand➡ Highest Waterfall—Hudru (74 m at Swarn

Rekha River in Ranchi)➡ Highest Peak—Paras Nath (1365 m) situated

at Giridh Plateau➡ Most dense vegetation district of the

state—Chatra (52·9%)➡ First copper plant—Ghat-Shila➡ Most natural vegetation district—Hazari

Bagh➡ Division with maximum tribal population

—Santhal Pargana➡ Establishment of Tata Iron and Steel

Company—1907➡ District with largest number of waterfalls—

Ranchi➡ Coldest place (Lowest temperature)—

Neterhat

➡ Source of hottest water—Suraj Kund(Hazaribagh)

➡ Maximum Rainfall—Neterhat (1800 mm)

➡ First railway route constructed after dig-ging in plateau region—Jamshedpur toHowrah

➡ Shimla of the state—Ranchi city

➡ Industrial capital of the state—Jamshedpur

➡ Famous as a queen of hills—Neterhat

➡ Steel city—Tata Nagar

➡ First cement factory established—Japla

➡ School situated at highest point—NeterhatSchool

➡ Minning higher education of centre—IndianSchool of Mines, Dhanbad

➡ First University—Ranchi University, Ranchi➡ First Agriculture University—Birsa Agri-

culture University, Ranchi➡ First Medical College—Rajendra Medical

College, Ranchi➡ First College—St. Columba College, Hazari-

bagh➡ First Ayurvedic College—Govt. Ayurvedic

College, Lohardagga➡ First Daily Hindi Newspaper—Rashtriya

Bhasha➡ First Hindi Weekly—Aryabratt➡ First Daily English Newspaper—Daily Press➡ First Film—Akranta➡ First Santhali Film—Mukhya Braha➡ First Power House—Tilliya➡ Biggest River Valley Project—Damodar

River Valley Project➡ Biggest Aerodrome—Birsa Munda Aero-

drome, Ranchi➡ Biggest Colony—Heranu, Ranchi (475 acre)➡ City of Black Diamond—Dhanbad➡ Store-house of Minerals—Chhota Nagpur➡ Queen of Chhota Nagpur—Neterhat

First in Jharkhand (India)➡ Biggest fertilizer factory of India—SINDRI

(established in 1951 under the first five yearplan)

➡ First steel factory of India—Jamshedpur1907

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➡ The biggest explosive factory of India—Gomeo, gun powder factory

➡ First methane gas well in Asia—Parwatpur(Bokaro)

➡ Pittsburg of India—Jamshedpur

➡ Biggest Iron-Steel Plant of India—Bokaro

Maximum of India in Jharkhand➡ Iron ore producing state➡ Mica producing state➡ Coal producing state➡ Copper producing state➡ Bauxite producing state

➡ Uranium producing state

Jharkhand

First in World➡ Biggest lac exporting centre—Tori➡ First International tribal athletic—Vijai

Neel Mani Salkho➡ First Chess player from Jharkhand to

became the world champion—Deepu SenGupta

➡ First Lion (Panther) counting in the world—Betal National Park (In 1932)

Other Facts➡ Palaeolithic age and Microlithic records have

been found in Santhal Pargana and Chhota-Nagpur plateau region of Jharkhand.

➡ Neolithic age records have been found inChhota-Nagpur region of Jharkhand.

➡ Raja Maidni Rai was the greatest king ofChairies of Palamu. During the reign of hisson, Pratap Rai, Mughals made three attacks.Atlast in 1660 they were annexed to theMughal empire.

➡ There is no provision of formation of VidhanParishad in Jharkhand.

➡ There are 30 recognized tribes in the state, inwhich Santhal (36·73%), Orab (18·79%),Munda (15·08%) and Ho (9·56%). The remai-ning 26 tribes population ranges between 4 to0·01%. Due to this they don’t play any role inthe regional politics.

➡ During the Mughal period Jharkhand wasknown as Khukra.

➡ During the British period it was known asJharkhand.

➡ For the first time the word Jharkhand wasused for the tribal areas in a document ofcopper plate in 13th Century.

➡ Chero-revolt took place against the king ofPalamu tribe.

➡ Martelo tower of Pakund was constructed in1857 by Britishers to save themselves fromthe revolt of 1857.

➡ The annual average temperature of theJharkhand state is 25° Celsius.

➡ Jharkhand is the only state in India whichreceives rainfall from all the sources fromwhich India gets.

➡ The average annual rainfall of Jharkhand stateranges between 125-150 cms.

➡ High tension insulator factory was establishedin collaboration with former Czechoslovakia.

➡ Maximum no. of people of followers Hindureligion are found in Jharkhand.

➡ Maximum no. of Hindi speaking people arefound in Jharkhand, while second and thirdplace is of Santhalis and Bengalis speakingpeople.

➡ Birsa Munda died due to Cholera in 1900.

➡ Dumka city has been declared for the sub-capital of Jharkhand state.

➡ Academy of tribal languages is situated atRanchi.

➡ During the Mughal period Raj Mahal wasfamous as the capital of Bengal.

➡ Maximum no. of child labourers are workingin Ranchi.

➡ Formerly Ranchi was a small hill station andwas also the headquarters of Lohardagga dis-trict.

➡ Jharkhandeej Organisation Against Radiationhas been formed in order to escape the harm-ful effects of uranium.

➡ District Magistrate of the tribal area is knownas Deputy Commissioner.

➡ Decade of 1970 is known as the renaissanceperiod of Jharkhand movement.

➡ J. Barthoman is known to be first founder ofJharkhand movement.

➡ Cock is the election symbol of Jharkhandparty.

➡ In 1780 a new district known as Ramgarh hilltrack was formed.

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➡ Sri Sibu Soren, the main leader of Jharkhandmovement was also known as Guruji by nickname.

➡ The area of Chhota Nagpur plateau inJharkhand is 83,227 km2.

➡ Percentage of total area of Chhota Nagpurplateau of Jharkhand is 47·87%.

➡ Rocks of Chhota Nagpur plateau are crys-talline.

➡ Paras Nath temple is a place of pilgrimage notonly for Jainism but also for Santhal tribes.

➡ The average height of the Chhota Nagpurplateau is greater in Jharkhand.

➡ Chhota Nagpur plateau is made of igneousrocks.

➡ Eastern and Western Singhbhum, Ranchi,Palamu, Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Giridih,Dumka, Shaibganj and Devdhar are thedistricts covered by Chhota Nagpur plateau.

➡ Red soil is predominant in Chhota Nagpurplateau.

➡ In Kodarma, Jhumritilaiya, Mandu and Badkavillages of Jharkhand, the original mica soil isfound.

➡ In Eastern Hazaribagh and Dhanbad districtsof Jharkhand, the sandy soil is found.

➡ The soil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand isshining.

➡ The maximum amount of iron-ore is found inSinghbhum district of Jharkhand.

➡ Hematite and Megnetite ores are found in themines of Singhbhum.

➡ Iron-ore from Jharkhand is supplied toTatanagar, Durgapur, Rourkela and Bhilaisteel plants of India.

➡ Singhbhum ranks first in the production ofcopper in Jharkhand.

➡ Hindustan Copper Limited produces copper inJharkhand state.

➡ 3·65% of the total production of Bauxite ofthe country is produced in Jharkhand state.

➡ Refining of Bauxite in Jharkhand is done inthe factory of Murri and Lohardaga.

➡ 46·51% of total production of the country’smica is produced in Jharkhand.

➡ Dolomite is used for melting iron.

➡ Jharkhand produces 32·09% of the coal of thecountry’s total production.

➡ Important coal producing zones of Jharkhandare—(1) Damodar Valley Coal area,(2) Barakar Basin Coal area, (3) Ajai BasinCoal area, (4) Northern Koil Basin Coal areaand (5) Rajmahal Coal area.

➡ Hazaribagh, Palamu, Santhal Pargana, Ranchiand Singhbhum are the districts of Jharkhandwhere silver is found.

➡ Uranium mines are in Singhbhum district inJharkhand state.

➡ In Jharkhand monozite mineral is found inHazaribagh and Ranchi districts. Thorium andzirconium are processed from monozite.

➡ Bokaro Thermal Power Station was estab-lished in 1955 at Bokaro in Jharkhand state.

➡ Chandrapura Thermal Power Station has beenconstructed in Bokaro district of Jharkhandstate.

➡ Total capacity of the Chandrapura PowerStation is 780 MW.

➡ Capacity of Bokaro Thermal Power is 247·5MW.

➡ Patratu Thermal Power Station is situated atPatratu 40 km away from Rajgarh Railwaystation.

➡ The installed capacity of Patratu ThermalPower Station is 840 MW.

➡ The well known TISCO factory of Jharkhandwas established by famous industrialistJamshed Ji Tata.

➡ In Tata Iron and Steel Company, the produc-tion of pig iron was started in 1911.

➡ Tata Iron and Steel Company, Tata Engineer-ing and Locomotive Company, Jamshedpur,Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Heavy MachineTool Factory, Ranchi are the importantfactories of Jharkhand.

➡ Raw material iron-ore to the Bokaro SteelPlant is supplied by the mines of Jamda,Sensda, Kiribur and Meghatuburu.

➡ Coal is supplied to Bokaro Steel Plant by themines of Bokaro and Jheria.

➡ Iron-ore is supplied to TISCO by the mines ofKolhan, Noamundi and Mayurbhanj.

➡ BALCO (Bhartiya Aluminium Co.) Limitedwas established in 1948 by Government ofIndia in Jharkhand.

➡ Hindustan Copper Limited was established on9th Nov., 1967 at Ghatshila in Jharkhand.

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Governors of Jharkhand

S. No. Name Took Office Left Office

1. Prabhat Kumar 15 November, 2000 3 February, 20022. Vinod Chand Pandey (Additional Charge) 4 February, 2002 14 July, 20023. M. Rama Jois 15 July, 2002 11 June, 20034. Ved Marwah 12 June, 2003 9 December, 20045. Sayyed Sibtey Razi 10 December, 2004 25 July, 20096. Kateekal Sankar Narayanan 26 July, 2009 21 January , 20107. M. O. Hasan Farook Maricar 22 January, 2010 3 September, 20118. Syed Ahmed 4 September, 2011 Incumbent

Chief Ministers of Jharkhand

S. No. Name Took Office Left Office

1. Babulal Marandi 15 November, 2000 17 March, 20032. Arjun Munda 18 March, 2003 2 March, 20053. Shibu Soren 2 March, 2005 12 March, 20054. Arjun Munda 12 March, 2005 18 September, 20065. Madhu Koda 18 September, 2006 27 August, 20086. Shibu Soren 27 August, 2008 18 January, 2009— Presidents Rule 19 January, 2009 29 December, 20097. Shibu Soren 30 December, 2009 31 May, 2010— Presidents Rule 1 June, 2010 10 September, 20108. Arjun Munda 11 September, 2010 18 January, 20139. President Rule 18 January, 2013 Till date

Chief Justices of Jharkhand

1. First Chief Justice —Vinod Kumar Gupta2. Second Chief Justice —P. K. Balasubramanyan3. Third Chief Justice —Altamas Kabir4. Fourth Chief Justice —N. Dhinakar5. Fifth Chief Justice —M. Karpaga Vinayagam6. Sixth Chief Justice —Mrs. Sudha Misra7. Seventh Chief Justice —Justice Bhagwati Prasad8. Eighth Chief Justice —Prakash Tatia

Present Officers

Chief Secretary (Jharkhand) —R. S. Sharma

Chairman Jharkhand Public Service Commission —Shiv Basant

Chairman, Jharkhand Commission for women —Dr. Hemlata S. Mohan

Chairman State Electricity Regulatory Commission —Mukhtiar Singh

Chairman Jharkhand Academic Council —Anand Bhushan

➡ The main object of Hindustan Copper Limitedsituated at Ghatshila was to reduce the importof copper.

➡ Peninsular Locomotive Co. was established inSinghbhum district in 1921.

➡ Heavy Machine Tools Manufacturing Plantwas established at Ranchi in collaborationwith former USSR.

➡ Soda-ash in Jharkhand is prepared at Tatachemicals Jamshedpur.

Jharkhand General Knowledge

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