Rajnagar is the nearest village to Madhubani, Bihar, India. The ruins of the Rajnagar Palace, destroyed in the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, are located here.
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Rajnagar | |
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Village | |
![]() Shiva Temple at Rajnagar before the earthquake, 1934 | |
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Coordinates: 26.3958°N 86.1608°E / 26.3958; 86.1608 | |
Country | India |
State | Bihar |
Region | Mithila |
District | Madhubani |
Government | |
• Type | Madhubani Municipal Corporation |
Languages | |
• Official | Maithili, Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 847235 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
Website | madhubani |
Maharajadhiraj Sir Rameshwar Singh wanted to shift the headquarters of Raj Darbhanga from Darbhanga to Rajnagar and spent money in building palaces and temples and excavating or renovating tanks.[1] The palaces were ruined almost beyond repair and the temples were also very badly damaged.[1] The earthquake rendered the main palace through the Durga hall and the roof over the inner shrines into a mass of ruins and the marble image of the deity broke into pieces.[1]
The Shiva temple built on the South Indian model was beyond repair.[2]
The village has had electricity since 1959. A railway station of the North-Eastern Railway serves the village.[2] The village is also the centre of trade in Euryale ferox (water berries).[2]