The town of Ranchi, which
la about 93 kilometers south of
flarnribag, 326 kms from Patna is
411 tibial health resort noted for it
!wank; attraction. Ranchi once the
autrunin capital of Bihar. It is picture
i•iiiinty situated in the heart of the
.fintrusigpur plateau at an altitude of
arm meter above sealevel, and of
lata birch places of tourist interest in
self as the Christian churches,
Mumpins. Mughals and British .mvmw buildings, the Ranch lake
III. Ilittichi Hill and number of falls.
rtairr hi is also the head quearters of
his Hindustan steel corporation and
anrit of the Heavy Engineering
he Ranchi. Singhbhum,
parganas, thus three districts Gehtiii together contain 85-9 percent
till) total Christian population of Ina °m°. Their missions, which are 1.,,,1111 through out the state, not only -rump, themselves in evngelistic ...oh but also maintain schools, col-„wit, several well-equipped uitill many orphanages and a women's college.
The Mughal Emperor
Jahngir's Governor in Patna Mukarram khan had been covered to the Roman catholic faith before he came to Bihar. The chotanagpur, es¬pecially in Ranchi have shown greater sensitiveness to Christian in¬fluences. Here the work of the Christian missionary institutions are facilitated by the fact that the aborigi¬nal is not tied by the caste system like the Hindu.
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