Ranchi district

Ranchi district is one of the twenty-four districts of, , and  (city) is the district headquarters and also the  of the Jharkhand state.

Origin of name
The geographical area now comprising Ranchi district was formerly part of old of the. In the year -, a part of old Lohardagga district was carved out and given the name of the Non-regulation South-West Frontier, and in the name of the district was changed to Ranchi district. Ranchi was the name of a small tribal village which has since been assimilated into the city of Ranchi.

History
The geographical area currently comprising the district of Ranchi had remained under the control of the and   since antiquity, and is believed to be even beyond the direct control of the kings of the epic period of the  such as, the king of. However was believed to have a loose control over the territory.

exercised indirect control over the territory, which lasted until the reign of the. rulers are believed to have passed through the region during their expeditions to Rajgir and. Armies of must have passed through the region on their expedition to. After the decline of the Guptas, Phanimukut established the Kingdom of Chhotanagpur. The legendary Phanimukut, which literally means the crown of the cobra, was found by the side of a cobra (Nag in ), and grew to be an industrious king, and founded the Nag Dynasty, which ruled Ranchi district and a larger part of  as a sovereign king for almost next 1000 years.

With the expansion of the, the sovereign status of the Nag Dynasty was technically affected, but they continued to rule and administer independently until the advent of the. During the period of the, s and the local population of other backgrounds of Ranchi and other regions currently comprising the State of Jharkhand continued to oppose the subjugation by the , and the region witnessed a number of uprisings and revolts.

Administrative divisions
Presently, Ranchi district is divided into 2 subdivisions and 14 administrative blocks. On September 12 2007, was created by carving Khunti subdivision and its 6 blocks out of Ranchi district.

Subdivisions

 * Bundu
 * Ranchi

External link
—http://www.ranchiinfo.com - Welcome to the Portal of Ranchi & Jharkhand,India.


 * District Administration website