Chota Nagpur

/ (ˈtʃəʊtə ˈnɑːɡpʊə) /

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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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How to use Chota Nagpur in a sentence

The river-valleys of Chota Nagpur are also known to have yielded a tribute of diamonds to their Mahommedan conquerors.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
Manbhum district forms the first step of a gradual descent from the table-land of Chota Nagpur to the delta of lower Bengal.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5|Various
In a district of Chota-Nagpur other than that in which Lievens labored, the conversions are still more pronounced.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell
Chota-Nagpur alone has another 102,000 and the number could be doubled if twenty new missionaries were on the spot.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell

The number of divisions or commissionerships is 6, of which Chota Nagpur ranks as “non-regulation.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5|Various