DARBHANGA

As on the official website of Darbhanga district administration http://darbhanga.bih.nic.in/

The history of Darbhanga dates back to the Ramayana and Mahabharata periods. According to the Vedic sources, the Videhas of Aryan stock first migrated to the area from the banks of Saraswati in Punjab. They were guided to the east of Sadanira (Gandak river) by Agni, the God of Fire. Settlements were established and, thus, flourished the kingdom of Videhas-the Selfless. In course of time Videhas came to be ruled by a line of kings called Janaks. In this line of kings there was a very famous king named Mithi. To commemorate his greatness the territory was named as MITHILA. Another famous king was Janak Sirdhwaja, father of Sita. The legends speak of various learned men patronized by Janak Sirdhwaja, who himself was an erudite scholar. Among them prominent were Yagyavalkya, who codified the Hindu law in his Yagyavalkya Smriti and Gautam, who had various valuable philosophical treatises to his credit. King Janak was himself a great philosopher and his ideas have been eternally enshrined in the Upanishads.

Traditions also speak of Kapil Muni's relationship with this area that propounded the Sankhya philosophy. Association of this area with Pandavas is also evident by the belief that they stayed here during their period of exile.

The learned men like Vidyapati, Kumaril Bhatt, Mandan Mishra, Nagarjun, Vibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhya and Vidushi Bhariti belonged to this reason.

The name of the district has been derived from its head quarter and principal town, which is said to have been founded by Darbhangi Khan. It is also said that the name Darbhanga was derived from Dwar-Banga or Dar-e-Bang meaning "THE GATEWAY TO BENGAL".

Darbhanga is one of the important districts of North Bihar situated in the very heart of Mithilanchal - the fertile, alluvial plains of North India. Under the British rule, Darbhanga was a part of Sarkar Tirhut upto 1875, when it was constituted into a separate district. The sub-divisions of the then district Darbhanga were created as earlier as Darbhanga Sadar in 1845, Madhubani in 1846 and Samastipur in 1867. Darbhanga was part of Patna Division till 1908, when the separate Tirhut Division was carved out. Darbhanga became the Divisional headquarters in 1972 when all its three sub-divisions got the status of separate districts. Thus the present Darbhanga district took shape.

Given below is an assorted list of useful telephone numbers:

Telephone Numbers   Office Res. Commissionary Commissioner 241088 240356 Sec. to Commissioner   241090 Regional Dev. Officer 240357 233633 Collectorate District Magistrate 240335 240360 (F) District Magistrate   240363 District Magistrate   240359 ADM (General) 240385 240157 ADM (Ceiling) 240386   Control Room 240337   NDC 240378 240412 D.C.L.R 240339 220462 Dy. Election Officer 240412 241005 District Supply Officer 240374 240209 District Provident Officer 240373   District Transport Officer   241005 Treasury Officer 240376 235545 District Relief Officer 240375 240821 N.I.C District Informatics Officer 240338 230005 DIO, NIC-District Court 240334   DRDA     DDC 241103 240967 DDC 241097 FAX Director, Accounts - 240519 Director, N.R.E.P 233403 221293 SDO 1. Sadar, Darbhanga 240349 240668 2. Benipur 956242 222240 82246 3. Biraul 956242 232205   BDO 1. Alinagar     2. Bahadurpur 241001   3. Baheri 283283   4. 'Benipur 921 282281   5. Biraul     6. Darbhanga 224311 233433 7. Gaura Bauram 956242 232399   8. Ghanshyampur 956242 261042   9. Hanuman Nagar     10. Hayaghat 280229   11. Jale 956247 274278   12. Keoti 286203 86255 13. Kiratpur     14. Kusheswar Asthan (E)     15. 'K. Asthan 956242 62411   16. Manigachhi 82323   17. Singhwara 956247 222326   18. Tardih 231039   Agriculture Joint Director, Agriculture 233460 233480 District Agriculture Officer 234197 240477 Survey Settlement Office   240343 A.S.O   223217 Commercial Tax Joint Commissioner 240796 220040 Assistant Commissioner 240799 240695 Others General Manager, DIC 222387 233148 Superintendent of Jail 240075 233363 Secretay Bazar Samiti 224359 224370 Vice Chairman DRDA 222233 233673 District Employment 224248   Superintendent of Labour 233154   Superintendent I.T.I 224015   Museum 222537   DPRO 240402   Co-Operative M.D. Coprative 240983   District Co-oprative 240983   Govt. Officers Income Tax Officer 222279 222435 G. M. Telcom 222500 222510 Station Director, A.I.R 222541 222762 Duty Room, A.I.R     Door Darshan (T.V) 222481   Aerodrome, DBG 233650 220341 MDB 222657 222687 Flood fore-casting 956276 222576   Supertendent, N.S.S.O. 233469   N.I.C. 221409   D.I.O., Darbhanga 240338 230005 D.I.O., Samastipur 912 223261   D.I.O, Madhubani 912 222609   TELCOM 220000   General Manager 235000 235200 D.E.T 222516 224411 S.D.O. (LHS) 234246 222506 J.T.O. (LHS)     S.D.O. (DBG) 233155   J.T.O. (DBG) 233155   Switch Room 222000 233000 Custom & Excise Assistant Commissioner 233307 233378 Superintendent, Custom 222484   Railways D.R.M, Samastipur 912 222217 222218 A.D.RM, Samastipur 912 222159   Station Supdt, DBG 223292   Railway Enquiry, DBG 222456

Telephone Numbers   Office Res. Health Superintendent 233283 233483 Civil Surgeon 233612 233513 Principal 233228 233190 Emergency Deptt. 233027   R.B. Memorial Hospital 233684 233111 Jyoti Research Hospital 233696   Court District Judge 240377 240355 CJM 240390 240392 Corporation Chief Executive Officer   222545 Executive Er., D.M.C   222233 Vice Chairman, DRDA 233673 222992 Secretary, DRDA   235127 Executive Er, DRDA     FCI / SFC District Manager, FCI 241075 240760 F.C.I. Depo 222409   District Manager, SFC 233162   P.W.D Chief Er. Commn. 241102 240535 S.E., Road 241098 233211 E.E., Road     S.E., Building 240920 241098 E.E., Building 233319 233212 E.E., Drainage   220324 S.E., R.E.O 234115   Irrigation Chief Engineer 222202 222238 S.E, Kosi Project 222162 220435 S.E., Flood Control 224772 240893 E.E., Flood Control 224772 241023 PHED 233072 233005 S.E. 233491 233340 E.E.   233808 Electricity G.M. cum Chief Er. 222209 222530 S.E 233322 222199 E.E, Supply (U) 222422 222299 E.E., Rural 224632 234276 Power House, Control 222454   Power House, DMCH 233423   Power House, Circuit H. 240894   Power Grid Station 224008   University V. C., L.N.M.U 222589 222598 Registrar, L.N.M.U 222582 221677 Controller of Exam. 222562 222586 V. C., K.S.D.U 222340 222217 Police I.G 240384 240387 DIG 241089 240358 SP 240382 240800 Commandent BMP-13 222515 222543 Surgent Major 241022 240623 D.S.P (Hqr) - Town 240383 240345 D.S.P. Town 240383 240345 Police Line, Laheriasarai 241022   Police Stations P.S. Laheriasarai 240354   P.S. Town 240623   P.S. University 222427   P.S. Sadar 223137   P.S. Bahadurpur 241001   O.P. Benta 233084   O.P. Mabbi PP 222160   B.E.P. Distt. Project Coordinator 221645   Press Hindustan Office 234191   Hindustan, Ashok 224854   Hindustan Times 221563   Sahara (Ajay Mohan) 222798   Pramod Gupta (UNI) 223057   Anand Kesril (Aaj) 220385 231695 Cinema     Light House 233064   Uma/Society 222317   Poonam 222362   National 222165   V.I.P M.A.A. Fatmi 224120 2378227 Mahavir Prasad 226216 2234844 Abdul Bari Siddiqui 224156 2227837 Gulam Sarwar   2211169 Lalit Yadav 234253 2221271 Lalit Yadav, DBG 233329   Shivnath Verma 222276   Harinandan Yadav 222693 2231328 Harinandan Yadav, DBG   2692128 Mohan Ram 222893 2222921 Abdul Salam 224545 2227123 Mishri Lal Yadav (RJD) 221014   Jagat Ranjan (Samta) 222693   President (B.J.P.) 227814   President (Janta Dal)     President (Congress)   2285628 Sultan Ahmad (RJD)MLA 235155   Post Office Superintendent, DBG 222534   Laheriasarai 240803 233056