# Bankipore

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{{For|the ancient settlement of the [Ostend Company](/source/Ostend_Company)|Bankipur (Bengal)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
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'''Bankipur''' (Hindi: बाँकीपुर) is a neighbourhood and residential area in [Patna](/source/Patna), in the [India](/source/India)n state of [Bihar](/source/Bihar). It is located on the bank of the river [Ganges](/source/Ganges). The prime attraction is the [Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library](/source/Khuda_Bakhsh_Oriental_Library) built by [Khan Bahadur](/source/Khan_Bahadur) [Khuda Bakhsh](/source/Khuda_Bakhsh) in 1891 and the [Golghar](/source/Golghar) granary, which was built by Captain [John Garstin](/source/John_Garstin) in 1786. [Patna Dental College and Hospital](/source/Patna_Dental_College_and_Hospital) is also located here.

==History==
Until the early twentieth century, Bankipore (or Bankipur, or Banki Bazaar) was the administrative centre of the [Patna Division](/source/Patna_Division) of [Bihar](/source/Bihar), which came under the rule of the British [East India Company](/source/East_India_Company) (EIC) following the [battle of Buxar](/source/battle_of_Buxar) in 1764. Bankipore lies along an east–west axis on the south bank of the [Ganges](/source/Ganges), some four kilometers west from the [medieval Patna City](/source/Pataliputra), or [Azimabad](/source/Azimabad).

The site is almost certainly the location of the ancient Magadhan and [Maurya](/source/Maurya) capital of [Pataliputra](/source/Pataliputra). Its identification with Pataliputra was first noticed by Sir William Jones who was informed that Bankipore lay on the former confluence of the [River Sone](/source/River_Sone) with the [Ganges](/source/Ganges), a site that has shifted some distance upstream now-and one that matches [Megasthenes](/source/Megasthenes)' description.

In 1774 the EIC ceded Banki Bazaar to the Austrian [Ostend Company](/source/Ostend_Company).{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Among the principal remains of the [colonial period](/source/British_Raj) in Bankipore are the District Collectorate, the [Civil Court](/source/Civil_law_(common_law)), and mansions such as the impressive [Darbhanga House](/source/Darbhanga_House) (now the [PG Deptt.Patna University, Patna](/source/PG_Deptt.Patna_University%2C_Patna)), built in the late 19th century by the great philanthropist, the [Maharaja of Darbhanga](/source/Maharaja_of_Darbhanga), [Lachmaneshwar Singh](/source/Lachmaneshwar_Singh). The [Bankipore cemetery](/source/Bankipore_cemetery), which has the graves of minor Company officials and indigo planters, the [Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library](/source/Khuda_Bakhsh_Oriental_Public_Library), founded by [Khan Bahadur Khuda Bakhsh](/source/Khuda_Bakhsh) in 1891, and the Catholic Mission, are among the other historic sites of Bankipore. Bankipore is also notable for its several ghats, which include the old Jahaz Ghat, from where plied the daily ferry across the river, and the [Darbhanga Ghat](/source/Darbhanga_Ghat).

One of the earliest educational institutions of the erstwhile Bengal Presidency, Rammohun Roy Seminary, a High English School, was set up at Bankipur in 1892 under the charge of Satis Chandra Chakravarti, a worker of the Bankipur Ashram of the Sadharan [Brahmo Samaj](/source/Brahmo_Samaj).<ref>{{cite book |first=Sivanath |last=Sastri |title=History of the Brahmo Samaj |year=1993 |orig-year=1911-12 |location=Kolkata |publisher=Sadharan Brahmo Samaj |page=327}}</ref>

In 1912, Indian National Congress held its 27th session at Bankipore under the Presidency of [Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar](/source/Rao_Bahadur_Raghunath_Narasinha_Mudholkar) from [Amravati](/source/Amravati) of [Central Provinces and Berar](/source/Central_Provinces_and_Berar).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.org.in/congress-sessions.php |title=Indian National Congress Session and its President |publisher=AICC, New Delhi |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206045145/http://www.congress.org.in/congress-sessions.php |archive-date=6 February 2010 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Bankipore is named for the Islamic invader [Mir Baqi](/source/Mir_Baqi) (or Banki), who attacked Bengal in the 15th century and came to Patna in his campaign.

==In fiction==
The author [E. M. Forster](/source/E._M._Forster) states<ref>"A Passage to India"E.M.Forster, Edited by Oliver Stallybrass 1978, Penguin Books Limited, Reprinted in Penguin Modern Classics 1982, p.338</ref> that the city of [Chandrapore](/source/Chandrapore), in his novel ''[A Passage to India](/source/A_Passage_to_India)'' (1924), "was suggested geographically by the town of Bankipore". The Marabar Hills of the novel corresponds to the [Rajgir Hills](/source/Rajgir_Hills), a few miles away from [Patna](/source/Patna) and the site of ancient [Buddhist](/source/Buddhist)-[Mauryan](/source/Mauryan) remains.

==References==
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{{Neighbourhoods of Patna}}

Category:Neighbourhoods in Patna

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