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Formely a subdivision of Muzaffarpur district, Sitamarhi
was inaugurated as a district on December 11, 1972 by
the then Bihar chief minister Late Kedar Pandey.
Situated on the Indo-Nepal border, its population is around
25 lakh.
Sitamarhi is said to be the birthplace of Hindu goddess
Sita, also revered as Janaki. The legend has it that the King
of Janakpur (in Nepal, 60 km from here), ploughed the land
here to get rid of a devastating drought, and it was in the
course of the ploughing that he stumbled upon an earthen
pot out of which Sita emerged. Hence, the place came to be
known as Sitamarhi. |
