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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Old Karimganj
| native_name = {{native name|hi|पुरानी करीमगंज}}<br />{{native name|ur|{{Nastaliq|پرانی کریم گنج}}}}
| demographics1_info2 = [[Magadhi]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| demographics1_title2 = Spoken
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics_type1 = Language
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| governing_body = Gaya Nagar Nigam
| p1 =
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| founder =
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gaya, India|Gaya]]
| official_name =
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type = Country
| caption =
| image_skyline =
| settlement_type = [[Neighbourhood]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|24|47|39|N|84|59|28|E|type:city_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 823001
| other_name =
| pushpin_map = India Bihar#India
}}

'''Old Karimganj''' ({{Langx|hi|पुरानी करीमगंज}}, [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{lang|hi-Latn|Purānī Karīmagaṃja}}; {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|پرانی کریم گنج}}|Purānī Karīmganj}}), also spelled as '''Old Kareemganj''' or simply '''Karimganj''', is a residential [[Neighbourhood|neighborhood]] under the Civil Lines [[thana]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-20|title=कार्रवाई: चार लोगों पर बिजली चोरी मामले में हुई प्राथमिकी|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/gaya/news/fir-against-four-people-in-electricity-theft-case-129040139.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref> zone of [[Gaya, India|Gaya]], [[Bihar]], [[India]], inhabited mostly by [[Islam in India|Muslims]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=گیا: ویکسینیشن مہم میں کریم گنج قبرستان کا اہم کردار|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/urdu/national/bharat/vaccination-camp-organized-kareem-ganj-cemetery-in-gaya/na20211021140952361|access-date=2021-10-26|website=ETV Bharat News}}</ref> Forming the eastern wing of the larger Karimganj neighborhood, it shares its proximity with [[New Karimganj, Gaya|New Karimganj]] neighborhood to the west<ref>{{Cite web|title=जल निकासी की व्यवस्था नहीं, बस्तियां हो जाती हैं जलमग्न|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/gaya-no-drainage-system-21434064.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref> and Jagdeo Nagar to the north. The locality is popular for serving the [[Karimganj cemetery|Karimganj Cemetery]]<ref name=":0" /> and infamous for its congested alleyways and poor drainage infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web|title=उफ ये तंग गलियां, बजबजाती नालियां..|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/gaya-8546763.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=जल निकासी की व्यवस्था नहीं, बस्तियां हो जाती हैं जलमग्न|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/gaya-no-drainage-system-21434064.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
Old Karimganj is the literal translation of [[Hindi-Urdu]] ''Purānī Karīmganj''. The [[Hindustani language|Hindi-Urdu]] ''purānī'' ([[Hindi]]: पुरानी; [[Urdu]]: {{Nastaliq|پرانی}}) literally means "old" meanwhile the [[Arabic]] word ''karīm'' ({{langx|ar|كَرِيم|}}) translates to "kind" or "noble" whereas the [[Middle Persian]] word ''ganj'' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: {{Nastaliq|گنج}}) means "treasured place" or "neighborhood".

== Notable landmarks ==
* Old Karimganj Cemetery
* [[Nazareth Academy, Gaya|Nazareth Academy]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Gaya district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Bihar]]

Old Karimganj (Gaya) - Revision history

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