Monghyr

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city historic city

Monghyr (now usually spelled Munger) is a historic city in the Indian state of Bihar, known for its strategic location on the Ganges and its significance in various ancient and medieval Indian kingdoms.

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Label Occurrences
Monghyr canonical 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
alternativeName Munger ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
connectedBy bridge over the Ganges ⓘ
rail ⓘ
road ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
small-scale industry ⓘ
governingBody Munger Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasBridge Munger Ganga Bridge ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Munger University ⓘ
hasFort Munger Fort ⓘ
hasMajorSpokenLanguage Bhojpuri ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
hasModernName Munger ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Hindi ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
hasRailwayStation Jamalpur Junction ⓘ
Munger railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Baba Jamal Shah Dargah ⓘ
Bari Durga Maa Temple ⓘ
Pir Shah Nafah Shrine ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor brass and metal works ⓘ
gun manufacturing ⓘ
lock-making ⓘ
historicalRegion Magadh region ⓘ
isDistrictHeadquartersOf Munger district ⓘ
knownFor Munger Fort ⓘ
role in ancient Indian kingdoms ⓘ
role in medieval Indian kingdoms ⓘ
strategic location on the Ganges ⓘ
locatedEastOf Patna ⓘ
locatedIn Bihar ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Supaul district ⓘ
surface form: Munger district
locatedInRegion eastern India ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ganges ⓘ
partOf Magadh region ⓘ
surface form: Magadh division
stateCapitalDistanceFrom Patna ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
wasUnderRuleOf British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj

Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Gupta Empire ⓘ
Maurya Empire ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire

Pala Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pala Empire → capital → Monghyr ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal → hasCapital → Monghyr ⓘ
Dharmapala → capital → Monghyr ⓘ
Devapala → capital → Monghyr ⓘ
Munger → formerName → Monghyr ⓘ