Arrah

E23075
city municipal corporation

Arrah is a historic town in the Indian state of Bihar, known for its role as a key site of conflict during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipal corporation ⓘ
administrativeHeadquartersOf Bhojpur district ⓘ
connectedBy national highways ⓘ
railways ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural market center ⓘ
governingBody Arrah Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Veer Kunwar Singh University, Ara ⓘ
surface form: Veer Kunwar Singh University (nearby in Ara)
historicalEra British colonial period ⓘ
historicalSignificance important center of resistance during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
knownFor Bhojpuri culture ⓘ
agricultural trade ⓘ
role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
locatedIn Bhojpur district ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Magadh region ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNearRiver Ganges ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Son River ⓘ
majorSpokenLanguage Bhojpuri ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Patna ⓘ
notableEvent Siege of Arrah ⓘ
officialLanguage Hindi ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
railwayStation Ara Junction railway station ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
roleInEvent key site of conflict during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
stateCapitalDistanceApproxKm about 60–70 kilometres west of Patna ⓘ
timeZoneUTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ

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