Champaran is a region of
Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...
in India.
It is now divided into an
East Champaran district and a
West Champaran district.
Notable people
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Manoj Bajpai – Indian film actor
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Dinesh Bhramar – poet and noted figure in Hindi and Bhojpuri literature
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Anuranjan Jha – Indian journalist
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Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), '' Damul'' (1984), '' Mrityudand'' (1997), '' Ganga ...
– Indian filmmaker
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Ramesh Chandra Jha – Indian poet, novelist and freedom fighter
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Abdullah Khan – novelist and screenwriter
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Ravish Kumar – Indian journalist
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Gopal Singh Nepali – Indian poet of Hindi literature, Bollywood lyricist
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George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalita ...
– English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic
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Kedar Pandey – Congress leader and ex-Chief Minister of Bihar
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Afroz Alam Sahil – Indian journalist
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Raj Kumar Shukla – indigo cultivator, activist
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Radha Mohan Singh – Indian politician
References
Further reading
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Singh, Shankar Dayal. ''Gandhi's first step: Champaran movement'', by B.R. Pub. Corp., 1994. {{ISBN, 81-7018-834-2.
* Chakrabarti D.K. (1996b). From Purnea to Champaran: The distribution of sites in the north Bihar plains. South Asian Studies, 12:pp. 147–158
Historical regions
History of Bihar
Regions of Bihar
Mithila