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| The extreme poverty in Bihar and Jharkhand makes tourist buses and private hire cars targets for dacoits. There have been several incidents where tourists have been robbed and asssulted by armed criminals who use road blocks, mock accidents and road works to force vehicles to stop. |
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Area : 317236 hec Population : 1,285,470 STD code : 0612 Language : Hindi, Maithali, Bhojpuri When to go : Oct to March About the city : Bihar`s capital is not as chaotic as many other cities. It is many on the southern bank of the Ganges, which at this point is very wide, having been joined by three major tributaries between Varanasi and Patna. It was the capital of an enormous empire spanning most of ancient India- Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka ruled from here, for almost thousand years. |
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