about muzaffarpur

uisine and Drinks

There is no specific ,authentic and purely “Muzaffarpur cuisine” as such and most of the cuisine can at best be termed as regional cuisine
.The basic ingredients are rice,wheat-flour,variety of lentils,green,yellow,root and leafy vegetables,Indian spices ,ground nut oil,Mustard seed oil,Ghee ,Surar and jaggery etc.The breakfast of ethnic variety- Jalebi,Poori,Samosa,Potato curry -all hot and staming served with propreitery variety of Chutneys,finished with Milk Tea are available in a few Restaurants. Indianised Chinese dishes -mainly noodles,Tandoori and South Indian dishes are also eaten and relished. Most of the ethnic cuisine and special dishes are cooked during festivals , Religious functions and Marriages. Now-a-days ethnic cuisines have given way to the oily ,hot and spicy foods of Pan-India type. Toddy is a fermented juice from Palm Tree has about 5%-8% v/v alcohol,is very popular as poorman’s Beer in Muzaffarpur Town. Desserts- Khaja, Motichoor ka Ladoo, Kala Jamun, Kesaria Peda and Parwal ki Mithai etc. ,but these are common to all over the province. Rice flour Paratha which is Tortilla-like,made from rice powder dough made in boiling water and fried inbutter / ghee.Marua’s Chapati with noni-ka-saag are local dishes liked both by the rich and poor. Pittha, made by powdered rice /wheat dough with sttuffed ground gram(chana) or Milk’s khoya etc. Bagedi,a small sparrow sized bird ,now declared protected,was delicate table bird ,cooked with spicy curry or dry. Chiwra, beaten rice, (a)served with a coat of creamy curd and sugar or jaggery or salt,(b) Deep fried till brown and eaten with red pepper,salt etc.But it is not a purely local food. Makhana kheer-A milk -sugar custard is prepared from water plant seeds Makhana(a kind of dry fruit)-brought from adjoining Darbhanga district .This is also taken puffed . Makuni,a stuffed paratha with (ingredients:baked gram powder i.e.Sattu, onion,chilli, pickles,mustard oil, salt,etc. Dal Pithiis wheat flour cakes boiled in delicious ,spicy dal i.e.Lentil.Chakka,Bachka,Kachri(Not Kachori),Phulori-all resembling Pakodas- are local oil fried Vegetable+Lentil powder mixture. Sawa /Kauni rice Kheer (Pudding) are also very popular. A variety of spicy dry,baked ,fried,deep fried and curried Mutton Goat’s Meat , Chicken , fish and Shellfish are prepared and eaten.Mughalai and a few Continental dishes, such as Macroni,Spaghetti , duly Indianised are home cooked and relished by some people.Pre and post dinner Beetel (Paan)Chewing-mainly dashed with (Zarda ) scented and finely cut , premium variety tobacco is very popular .

Education

Muzaffarpur is the 3rd leading centre of education in Bihar after Patna and Bhagalpur. It has a medical and an engineering college and is seat of one of the oldest universities of Bihar (Bihar University, now known as B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University. L

 

.S.College is one of the oldest college here. The first President of Indian Republic – “Dr Rajendra Prasad” was a teacher in the Greer Bhumihiar Brahman College, Muzaffarpur.

Educational Institutions:

* Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology (1954) – Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology is a premier technical institution of eastern India established in 1954. MIT, Muzaffarpur is under administrative control of department of science and technology and wholly funded by Govt. of Bihar. It is affiliated to B.R.A. Bihar University and offers UG courses in seven streams of engineering with postgraduate specialisation in Machine design and thermal engineering. The institute caters to the research and development activities of the state of Bihar.

* S.K.Medical College (1969)

* B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University (earlier Bihar University)[ http://www.brabu.net] – Bihar University is a public university located in the north prime of Bihar state in the city of Muzaffarpur in India. Established in 1960, this university has 37 constituent colleges. Distance education courses are also offered. Besides, the university also organizes symposia, seminars and workshops. The university is a premier institution of teaching and learning in the city and offers various full-time and part-time courses ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate and research level. The university also acts as an affiliated link between several colleges and institutes located across the state in providing higher education such as:

* Langat Singh College (Estd : July 3, 1899) – This the oldest college of Muzaffarpur. Langat Singh College affiliated to the University of Bihar had the likes of Dinkar (a famous Hindi poet), Dr. Rajendra Prasad (the first President of India), and Acharya J. B. Kriplani as its faculty members.

* L.N.Mishra College of Business Management.

* M.D.D.M. College – “Mahant Darshan Das Mahila College”.

* R.D.S. College

* R.M.L College – This college is named after Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia.

* S.K.J. Law College – This college is named after Shree Shreekrishna singh , the first chief minister of bihar , established in year 1948, is one of the premier law college in state of bihar ,

* Nitishwar College – This College named after Nitishwar Singh.

* Zila School- established in British Raj ,produced numerous alumnis, now spread all over the world. excellent symbol of british architecture especially its convocation hall.

* Kendriya Vidyalaya Muzaffarpur.(Largely Known as Central School in India.It is situated in gannipur locality in Muzafarpur,It was opened for Govt. Employee’s sons & daughters. It has branches all over the world very much like embassies.It follows CBSE curriculum.

* Prabhat Tara SchoolChurch run – One of the oldest and most reputed schools having many distinguished alumni in India and abroad. The school has the largest and the most beautiful campus among all the schools in Muzaffarpur.

* S.A.V. School – The first C.B.S.E affiliated school in Muzaffarpur .

* St. Michael’s School- One of the leading schools in the early 90′s when still more than 60% of people were illiterate.

* D.A.V. Public School – Many students of this school are now highly placed in India and abroad. in the year 2007-08 the school had a magnificent record for 10TH board with Abhishek chowdhary on the first place in district. many students got more than 90% including Shubham, Shamweel Anjum,Shishir etc…

* IGNOU Study Centre – 0504

* St.Mary’s School

* St. Xavier’s School

* Pristine Public School

* R.D.S.College: It is named after Babu Ram Dayalu Singh, the first assembly speaker of Bihar.It is now one of the premier colleges of Bihar.The college has columns of buildings and three ponds.There are four faculties here-Science. Arts, Commerce,and Geography.Still side effects of levaquin students from West Bengal, Assam, Orrissa and Kerala come to study coomerce and English.

People born in Muzaffarpur

* Ramvriksh Benipuri freedom fighter, nationalist, socialist and eminent writer of Hindi Literature.

* Rameshwar Prasad Sinha eminent freedom fighter,nationalist and Member of Constituent Aseembly.

* Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh -India’s first ambassador to Nepal and later an ambassador to Japan (from 1958) and also the second Governor of Punjab in 1953 and then governor of Uttar Pradesh from 1980 to 1985.

* Dr. Shakeel Ahmad: politician, Union Minister.