Dharan: Difference between revisions

| official_name = Dharan

| native_name = {{lang|ne|धरान उपमहानगरपालिका}}

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| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of Nepal|Sub-Metropolitan City]]

| motto = "To build an environmentally sound city, functioning as the centre of education, health, tourism and business with fully developed infrastructure"

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| leader_name1 = Aindra Bikram Begha ([[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|Maiost]])

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| population_blank1 = [[LimbuRai people|LimbuRai]](19.4%), [[YakkhaLimbu people|YakkhaLimbu]](12.7%), [[RaiNewar people|RaiNewar]](11.1%), [[Sunuwar people|SunuwarChhetri]](10.7%), [[BahunTamang people|Tamang]](7.3%), [[Chhetri]],Hill [[NewarsBrahmin|Bahun]](7.1%), [[TamangKami people(caste)|TamangKami]](6.2%), [[Gurungs]]Others (25.2%)

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| postal_code = 56700 (Sunsari), 56702 (Mangalbare)

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'''Dharan''' ({{lang-langx|ne|धरान}}) is a sub-metropolitan city in [[Sunsari District]] of [[Koshi Province]], in eastern Nepal, which was established as a fourth municipality in the Kingdom in 1958. It is the [[List of cities of Nepal|third most populous city in eastern Nepal]] after [[Biratnagar]] and [[Itahari]]. The Nepali word "dharan" means a saw pit.<ref>Nepal Academy Dictionary.</ref> The rainforest from which the tree trunks came is still just on the edge of the city.

</ref> Much later the British Gurkha camp opened in October 1960.<ref>Nepal and the Gurkhas, (1965) Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, UK. p 135.</ref> The use of the camp by British Gurkhas finished in the mid-1990s. Dharan has an estimated city population of 173,096 living in 34,834 households as per the [[2021 Nepal census]]. It is one of the cities of the ''Greater Birat Development Area'' which incorporates the cities of [[Biratnagar]]-[[Itahari]]-Gothgau-[[Biratchowk]]-Dharan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/capital-of-province-1-to-be-scattered-in-various-districts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513123630/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/capital-of-province-1-to-be-scattered-in-various-districts/|archive-date=13 May 2021|title=Capital of Province 1 to be scattered in various districts}}</ref> primarily located on the [[Koshi Highway]] in Eastern Nepal, with an estimated total urban agglomerated population of 804,300 people living in 159,332 households.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/Home/Details?tpid=5&dcid=3479c092-7749-4ba6-9369-45486cd67f30&tfsid=17 |title=Census Nepal 2021 |website=censusnepal.cbs.gov.np |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127124837/https://censusnepal.cbs.gov.np/Home/Details?tpid=5&dcid=3479c092-7749-4ba6-9369-45486cd67f30&tfsid=17 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the largest city in the province[[Koshi number oneProvince]] by Area. It covers 192.32 square kilometers while Biratnagar and Itahari is 2nd and 3rd biggest cities by Area

Dharan was the capital town of lowland [[Limbuwan]] kingdom of [[Morang]]. It was ruled by [[Limbu people|Limbu]] King ([[RaiBuddhi (title)|Rai]])Karna Raya [[Khebang|Buddhi Karna Raya Khebang]]. King Buddhikarna Khebang was the descendant of the ruler King Muray Hang Khebang of Phedap Kingdom . Since 1584 AD till 1774 AD, [[Dharan]]-Bijaypur was the capital city of [[Morang District|Morang]] Kingdom of [[Limbuwan]]. It was also effective capital of the entire Limbuwan region or [[Limbu people|Ten Limbu Kingdoms]] which was also known as Pallo Kirat . Thus, in August 1774, the [[Gorkha]] King [[Prithivi Narayan Shah]]'s representatives [[Abhiman Singh Basnet]], Parath Bhandari, Kirti Singh Khawas and Bali Baniya met the ministers of Morang state and agreed to come to good terms with the [[Gorkha| Gorkha Kingdom]] and accept the Gorkhali king as [[Maharaja]] and that in return the kingdom of Gorkha would retain the right of [[self-government]] of [[Limbu people|Limbu]] rulers in their kingdoms.

established Juddha nagar (now naya bazaar). City abstracted its name after "[[Dharan]]" (nepali word) a rectangular hollow dug under the ground and a low platform upon it for sawing logs with a big saw; one person on the platform and other below it. And, after the establishment of Dharan city, logs used to be widely split uphereup here in "Dharan". It took its present shape when Bijaypur village panchayat and Ghopa village panchayat were merged into Dharan municipality in 2035 BS.

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* [[Gurkha Memorial Park]]: This park was established "to preserve the legacy of Brigade of Gurkhas in Dharan for posterity before it is forgotten and lost forever",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://2ndgoorkhas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Gurkha-Memorial-Park.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413193027/http://2ndgoorkhas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Gurkha-Memorial-Park.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> as many Nepalese men, many of whom were residents of Dharan, joined the Brigade of Gurkhas.