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Situated on the National Highway-31 on Patna-Ranchi main road, some 120 km away
from Bihar capital Patna, Nawada is a place of historical and mythological significance.
Half of the Nawada district's land is surrounded by forests and hills and several important places, like Kakolat Falls, offer a panoramic and pleasant natural sight to the tourists visiting Nawada.
The legend has it that Nawada was visited by Pandavas of the Mahabharata fame during
their exile. Historians in their writings have acknowledged and discussed the discovery of several monuments, statues and coins of the Mauryan, Sunga, Pala and Mughal periods in different parts of the district. One can have a dekko at these finds, preserved in the Nardah Museum
at Nawada town, the district HQ.
Peasant leader Swami Sahajanand made this district his workplace while Loknayak
Jayaprakash Narayan or JP, whose historic 'Total Revolution' call in 1970s led to the formation
of the first non-Congress government in New Delhi, had his 'Sarvodaya Ashram' at
Shekhodeora in the district's Kauakol block. |
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