Singhbhum
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Singhbhum was sometime a large district in the present-day Indian state of Bihar. Chaibasa was the district headquarters of the erstwhile Singhbhum district. The area was part of the Chota Nagpur Division of Bengal in British India.
That 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.
[edit] The name
The literal meaning of Singhbhum is Land of lions: Singh in Hindi means lion and Bhum 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.
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