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History of Sasaram


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Kund and Dhua Kund. A fair is organized at these places every year, after a day of Raksha Bandhan. The two waterfalls have enough capacity to generate 50-100 MW of electricity, if utilized properly.

Rohtas, south of Sasaram, is known to have been the residence of one Satyawadi Raja Harischandra, and is named for his son, Rohitashwa. Sasaram is also famous for the Samrat Ashok pillar (one of the thirteen laghu shilalekh), situated in a small cave of Kaimur hill, near Chandan Shaheed.

' Samadhi' of Shree Shree 1008 Shree Swami ' Parmeshwara Nand Ji Maharaj ' , also known as Adwait Ashram, Dakshin Kutia , Situated in Parampuri (Raipur Chaur) 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Sasaram. It (Adwait Ashram) has nearabout 24 branches over Country in many states.The Headquarter is in Sasaram.

Samadhi of Shree Shree 108 Shree Swami 'Paramgayanand Puri Ji' Maharaj is situated in Parampuri (raipurchoure) 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Sasaram, and is also known as Navlakha Ashram.

Babu Nishan Singh who was the general of Babu Kunwar Singh's army fighting against the British during the 1857 GADAR freedom struggle, came from Sasaram.

Jainath Bhawan is a grand mansion built by a magistrate named Babu Harihar Prasad Verma, and his wife Uma Devi Verma, in 1945. The mansion is named for Babu Jainath Prasad, who was a Zamindar and the first lawyer to practice in English. A secondary school founded by Uma Devi Verma, named Harihar Uma Madhyamik Vidyalaya, still runs at the Meyari Bazar, although it is now administered by the government
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