Rajnagar
Village
Shiva Temple at Rajnagar before the earthquake, 1934
Shiva Temple at Rajnagar before the earthquake, 1934
Rajnagar is located in Bihar
Rajnagar
Rajnagar
Location in Bihar, India
Rajnagar is located in India
Rajnagar
Rajnagar
Rajnagar (India)
Coordinates: 26°23′45″N 86°09′39″E / 26.3958°N 86.1608°E / 26.3958; 86.1608
CountryIndia
StateBihar
RegionMithila
DistrictMadhubani
Government
 • TypeMadhubani Municipal Corporation
Languages
 • OfficialMaithili, Hindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
847235
ISO 3166 codeIN-BR
Websitemadhubani.nic.in
Durga temple in raj palace Rajnagar
Naulakha palace

Rajnagar is the nearest village to Madhubani, Bihar, India. The ruins of the Rajnagar Palace, destroyed in the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, are located here.

History

Maharajadhiraj Sir Rameshwar Singh Jha wanted to shift the headquarters of Raj Darbhanga from Darbhanga to Rajnagar and spent money in building palaces and temples and excavating or renovating tanks.[1] The palaces were ruined almost beyond repair and the temples were also very badly damaged.[1] The earthquake rendered the main palace through the Durga hall and the roof over the inner shrines into a mass of ruins and the marble image of the deity broke into pieces.[1]

The Shiva temple built on the South Indian model was beyond repair.[2]

The village has had electricity since 1959. A railway station of the North-Eastern Railway serves the village.[2] The village is also the centre of trade in Euryale ferox (water berries).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chaudhury, P. C. Roy (1964). Bihar District Gazetteers: Darbhanga. Superintendent Secretariat Press, Bihar. p. 738. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Chaudhury, P. C. Roy (1964). Bihar District Gazetteers: Darbhanga. Superintendent Secretariat Press, Bihar. p. 739. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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