Chota Nagpur

British

/ ˈtʃəʊtə ˈnɑːɡpʊə /

noun

a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica

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Jh�rikhand—the jungle country, Chota Nagpur and the Santhal parganas.

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GANGPUR, a tributary state of Orissa, Bengal, included until 1905 among the Chota Nagpur States.

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The Nairs of Malabar and the Santal of Chota Nagpur are typical representatives.

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Frazer quotes Indian fire-walks, notably that of the Dosadhs, a low Indian caste in Behar and Chota Nagpur.

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To the west it extends over the province of Agra so far as the longitude of Benares, and to the south it covers nearly the whole of the province of Chota Nagpur.

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