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	'''Singhbhum''' was a district of India during the [[British Raj]], part of the [[Chota Nagpur Division]] of the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Singhbhum \|volume=25 \|page=148}}</ref> It was located in the present-day Indian [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Jharkhand]]. [[Chaibasa]] was the district headquarters. Located in the southern limit of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]], Singhbhum included the [[Kolhan]] estate located in its southeastern part.<ref name="IGI"/> The district has been divided into three smaller districts, being East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Saraikela Kharsawan all are present in Jharkhand state of India. This [[district]] of [[Jharkhand]] is one of the leading producer of [[copper]] in India.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}		'''Singhbhum''' was a district of India during the [[British Raj]], part of the [[Chota Nagpur Division]] of the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 \|wstitle=Singhbhum \|volume=25 \|page=148}}</ref> It was located in the present-day Indian [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Jharkhand]]. [[Chaibasa]] was the district headquarters. Located in the southern limit of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]], Singhbhum included the [[Kolhan]] estate located in its southeastern part.<ref name="IGI"/> The district has been divided into three smaller districts, being East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Saraikela Kharsawan all are present in Jharkhand state of India. This [[district]] of [[Jharkhand]] is one of the leading producer of [[copper]] in India.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}

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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name =Singhbhum District
|common_name = Singhbhum district
|nation = the [[Bengal Presidency]]
|subdivision = [[Districts of British India|District]]
|era =
|year_start = 1820
|date_start =
|event_start = The Raja of Singhbhum becomes a feudatory of the British
|year_end = 1947
|date_end =
|event_end = Post-independence Singhbhum District
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|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = East Singhbhum
|s2 = West Singhbhum
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|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|flag_s2 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = British Raj Red Ensign.svg
|image_coat =
|image_map = Singhbum-Sairakela-Kharsawan.jpg
|image_map_caption = Singhbhum district in a 1909 map of [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|capital = [[Chaibasa]]
|stat_area1 = 10078
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 613579
|footnotes =
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'''Singhbhum''' was a district of India during the [[British Raj]], part of the [[Chota Nagpur Division]] of the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Singhbhum |volume=25 |page=148}}</ref> It was located in the present-day Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]]. [[Chaibasa]] was the district headquarters. Located in the southern limit of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]], Singhbhum included the [[Kolhan]] estate located in its southeastern part.<ref name="IGI"/> The district has been divided into three smaller districts, being East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Saraikela Kharsawan all are present in Jharkhand state of India. This [[district]] of [[Jharkhand]] is one of the leading producer of [[copper]] in India.{{cn|date=February 2021}}

==Geography==
It is bounded with [[Ranchi District]] in the north, with the [[Saraikela State|Saraikela]] and [[Kharsawan State|Kharsawan]] [[princely state]]s in the east, with [[Mayurbhanj State|Mayurbhanj]] and [[Keonjhar State|Keonjhar]] in the south as well as with [[Bonai State|Bonai]] and [[Gangpur State|Gangpur]] in the southwest.<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=23&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_007.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 1.]</ref> Singhbhum District had an area of {{convert|10,078|km2}} and a population of 613,579 in 1901.<ref>Wilson Hunter, Sir William; Sutherland Cotton, James; Sir Richard Burn, Sir William Stevenson Meyer. Great Britain India Office. ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908</ref>

==History==
The Singhbhum area was never invaded by either the [[Marathas]] or the [[Mughals]]. The first relationships between the Raja of Singhbhum and the British were established in 1767 when he approached the Resident at Midnapore requesting protection. In 1820 the Raja became a feudatory of the British. The state was under the political control of the Commissioner of the [[Bengal Presidency]] until 1912,<ref name="IGI"/> under the [[Bihar and Orissa Province]] until 1936 and then under [[Chhota Nagpur Division]] until the end of the [[British Raj]].

Following the [[independence of India]] Singhbhum District became part of the Indian Union as a district of [[Bihar]]. The district has in recent decades been divided into three smaller districts, being [[East Singhbhum]], [[West Singhbhum]] and [[Saraikela Kharsawan]]. All the three are currently part of [[Jharkhand]] state of India. The major Indian languages spoken in this region are Hindi, Bengali, Odia, Kurmali and many tribal languages.

==Etymology==
The literal meaning of Singhbhum or Singhbhumi is ''Land of [[lion]]s'': ''[[Singh]]'' in Hindi means ''lion'' and ''Bhum'' or '''Bhumi''' indicates ''land''. This appears to be apt as more than 50% area of the district is covered by dense forests and mountains, where wild animals once roamed freely. However, the lion is not found in these forests any more.

==References==
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{{Districts of Jharkhand}}
{{Historical districts of India}}

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[[Category:Former districts of Bihar]]
[[Category:Bengal Presidency]]

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