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Carved out of the old Munger district and notified as a district on October 2, 1972,
Begusarai is a major industrial centre of Bihar. Indian Oil Corporation's Barauni Refinery,
one of the country's oldest oil refineries, is situated here.
Btraces back its history to the Buddhist period when it was called 'Anguttarapa', as mentioned in Buddhist literature 'Majjhim Nikaya'. There have been evidences of continued habitation here since the Mauryan period. It was an important centre of administration, art and culture during the Pala period. |
