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The town of Munger located in the state of Bihar in India, is valued as a historical place. The place has witnessed many major battles and it is renowned for its production of middle age weapons like rifles and swords.
Location
Munger district is stretched over an area of 1419.7 sq km, thus occupying 3.3% of the area of Bihar. Munger adorns the southern part of Bihar and the southern bank of river Ganges.
History
The travel account of Hiuen Tsiang is a major source of the historical information about Munger. As per the historical document Hiuen Tsiang visited this area towards the end of the first half of the seventeenth century A.D. But then after a gap of two centuries a copper plate of Devpala was discovered at Munger in 1780, where the name of Dharampala (c. 770-850) was mentioned.
Munger is also known as Monghyr. The provinces’ comprising the district of Munger is commonly termed as the mid land or Madhya-desa. It is famous as the site of the first Aryan settlers. Now Munger is often identified with a place called Mod-giri, whose special mention is found in
Mahabharata.
At the very outset of history, Munger was included within the kingdom of Anga, with the capital Champa near Bhagalpur. But it is evident from history that in the mid of the sixth century B.C., the last sovereign ruler Brahmadatta was killed by Bimbisara of Magadha. Thus Anga lost its glory and was absorbed in the vast empire of Magadha. The epigraphic evidences of Gupta period showed that Munger was under the
Guptas.
Till the introduction Of the Turkish rule in India, Munger was under the control of the Karnataka dynasty in Mithila. But in A.D. 1225 Munger came under the possession of Bakhiyar Khilji followed by another Khilji ruler called Gyasuddin. But again there was a conflict followed by a peace treaty and Munger came under the command of the Sultan of Bengal between 1303-1322. The Lakhisarai inscription upholds all these vital data.
Again in 1534 a huge battle broke out between Ibrahim Khan and Sher Shah. In this battle Ibrahim Khan was overthrown and Sher Shah occupied the throne. This was followed by the subsequent battles between Sher Shah and Humayun. After Sher Shah’s death Munger was taken back by the Moghuls and during Akbar’s reign, Munger served as the headquarter against the rebels.
In 1766 there was a mutiny of the European officers of Bengal army due to the reduction of ‘’bhatta’’. Clive went to Munger himself to resolve the issue and succeeded.
Attraction
Munger fort: The Munger Fort is located in Munger town. The fort has two well-known hills called Karnchaura and another is the rectangular mound. The fort was controlled by many Muslim rulers. But lastly Mir Jafar succeeded it. The fort is site of number of religious monuments Like the Tomb of Pir Shah Nufah, Tomb of Mulla Mohammad Sahid etc.
Pipahar: It is a hill top, from which a spectacular view of the Munger town is obtained. It is located three miles east of
Munger.
Bhinbandh: It is a village situated about 12 miles south - west of Kharagpur and 4 miles north of Guddih. There is a famous hot spring called Tatal pani close to the village.
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