Dumka

Dumka is one of the districts of Jharkhand state, India, with Dumka town as the district headquarters. Dumka derives its name from a Persian word ?damin-i-koh?, which means ?skirts (an edge, border or extreme part) of the hills?. The Mughals assigned this name to this and nearby areas on account of presence of hillock|hillocks and undulating terrain.

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The town also serves as the sub-capital of Jharkhand state.

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Dumka is an old district and it was formed in 1865, by carving out some areas of Bhagalpur during the period of British raj.

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It's first Chief Minister was Babulal Marandi, previously an MP from Dumka district. Sibu Soren is another familiar controversial leader.

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It has very good colleges and schools. S.P. Coolege leads the pack and offer graduation in social science, pure science, economics, maths and other subjects. It also has a polythechnic and an ITI but unfortunately not a single engineering, medical or dental college. So whosoever is willing to pursue a career in these subjects has to move out of the city.

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Jharkhand: Jharkhand (झारखंड in Devanagari) is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar state on 2000-11-15. Jharhkand is bordered by the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West ...

India: The Republic of India is a country in South Asia which comprises most of the Indian subcontinent. India has a coastline which stretches over seven thousand kilometres, and shares its borders with Pakistan to the west, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, and Bangladesh...

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