Kosi division

Kosi division
Division of Bihar

Location of Kosi division in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°53′N 86°36′E / 25.88°N 86.6°E / 25.88; 86.6Coordinates: 25°53′N 86°36′E / 25.88°N 86.6°E / 25.88; 86.6
Country  India
State Bihar
Headquarters Saharsa
Districts Saharsa , Madhepura and Supaul
Population (2011)
 • Total 6,120,117

Kosi division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Saharsa is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists of Saharsa district, Madhepura district, and Supaul district.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Saharsa one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[1] It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[1] The economy of kosi Division is Yet Underdeveloped, due to the Huge disaster came in 2008 as the flood known as Kushaha Calamity[2]. it affected thousands of village of the Division. Due to the unavailability of Health resources, it destroyed hundreds of family and their Happiness[3].

It was in 2015 when the Central government announced the Establishment of A new AIIMS in Bihar in Economic Budget Of 2015, it spread a wave of Joy in the whole District, As being the most deserving Area of the State. AIIMS establishment in the state came as a New Ray of Hope for the people residing in Whole kosi Division.[4][5]. Today the whole Society is demanding AIIMS in saharsa Under the leadership of Shri Binod Kumar Jha[6]. Even being a common man, Sri Binod Jhaji made and making Infinite numbers of seen and unseen, Successful and unsuccessful efforts for the Establishment of AIIMS in saharsa and for the Betterment of the Society and the whole Mithila Region[7]. He is known as the leader of a common man in the Region.[8], while other leaders have only looted the Region. Today the Politics need to be Corruption free and as being a part of System even Kosi need this. No matter how much poor or Rich any politician is, but he Should be honest, His Step should be in the interest of society. Saharsa has seen various so-called leaders but Binod jhaji is the only person who is actually the Leader of the society and even he is the only person who can make a difference or changes at the ground and grassroot level.

History

Present-day Kosi division, all of which was previously part of Saharsa district, is part of the Mithila region.[9] Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by Indo-Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom (also called Kingdom of the Videhas).[10] During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Kingdom of the Videhas became one of the major political and cultural centers of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Kingdom of the Videhas were called Janakas.[11] The Mithila Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajji confederacy, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila.[12]

Language

The predominant language spoken in this region is the Maithili language.[13] The most common dialect of Maithili used in Kosi division is Thēthi dialect.[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bihar_flood
  3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bihar_flood
  4. ↑ https://www.jagran.com/bihar/saharsa-dharna-18424162.html
  5. ↑ https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/saharsa/story-the-ball-to-build-aiims-in-the-state-government-1417283.html
  6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/binod.jhaji
  7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/binod.jhaji
  8. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/binod.jhaji
  9. ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=A0i94Z5C8HMC&lpg=PA30&pg=PA27&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
  10. ↑ Michael Witzel (1989), Tracing the Vedic dialects in Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes ed. Caillat, Paris, pages 13, 17 116–124, 141–143
  11. ↑ Witzel, M. (1989). "Tracing the Vedic dialects". In Caillat, C. Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes. Paris: Fondation Hugot. pp. 141–143.
  12. ↑ Hemchandra, R. (1972). Political History of Ancient India. Calcutta: University of Calcutta.
  13. ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Sq1aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT111&dq=Purnia+division+maithili&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSvaXx-NLcAhUHQY8KHakyBwQQ6AEIOzAE#v=onepage&q=maithili&f=false
  14. ↑ Ray, K. K. (2009). Reduplication in Thenthi Dialect of Maithili Language. Nepalese Linguistics 24: 285–290.


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