Ramgarh Cantonment

The cantonment board functions as a civic administration body and is obliged to take care of mandatory duties like provision of public health, water supply, sanitation, primary education, street lighting etc.

In addition to providing basic amenities, the board also operates various social, cultural and educational institutions for the residents at multiple levels.

Ramgarh is encompassed by the extensively rich mineral fields at Rajrappa, Laiyo, Ghatotand, Bhurkunda, Topa, Sarubera, Sirka, Urrimari, Sayal, and Gidi.

The enthralling vale of Chutupalu connects the town to the state capital Ranchi, about 45 km away.

The Power of obtaining a reference from Ramgarh regime was given to East India Company by King Shah Alam II.

The military district of Ramgarh contains Nagpur, Palamu, Hazaribagh, Chatra, Giridih and Kodarma.

The great social reformer and the founder of the Brahm Samaj Raja Ram Mohan Roy were in Ramgarh in 1805–06.

On 8 January 1856, Sheik Bhikari and Thakur Umraon Singh were hanged on a Bunyan tree of Chhuttupalu valley.

Sahay of Swaraj party was elected for the Provincial Legislative Council of Hazaribagh district (including Ramgarh) (Gazetteer, Page No.

During World War II, the Chinese X force was trained at Ramgarh by American instructors at British expense.

At the same time, under the leadership of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, a conference against Samjhauta was also held at Ramgarh.

The mutiny was sparked by an army assault the previous week on the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion, the Golden Temple in the Punjab city of Amritsar.

Two other senior officers and a number of soldiers were seriously wounded in heavy shooting at the camp that began before noon and continued until 4 p.m.

The soldiers joined other angry Sikhs in hijacking private buses and trucks at gunpoint.

They set out in at least 35 seized vehicles toward New Delhi before reinforcements from the 24th mountain regiment arrived to stop them.

Sikh soldiers remaining behind at the camp raised a white flag of surrender when the reinforcements arrived.

As per 2011 Census of India, Ramgarh Urban Agglomeration had a total population of 132,441, of which males were 70,871 and females 61,562.

[7] As per 2011 Census of India Ramgarh Cantonment had a total population of 88,781, of which 48,110 were males and 40,671 females.

[citation needed] Various events and programs are organised round the year, and thousands of pilgrims attend them and take blessings.

Rajrappa Temple: Located at Rajrappa at a distance of 28 km from Ramgarh Cantonment, the site has views of the merging of river Bhairavi and Damodar, near Mata Chhinmastika Temple visited by lakhs of visitors and pilgrims every year.

Maa Vighneshwari Temple Situated at Madhai Mela Tand (Subash Chowk).

Rudhni Math Situated in Camp Area (Temple Lane) and also Nag Baba Mandir.

The soldiers of Ramgarh Battalion had a barricade here, the temple was surrounded and secured by deep canyons filled with water, which was connected to the temple underground now named as Bijulia Talab (lake) which also served as water source for British camp.

Jama Masjid Situated in Chitarpur, 16 km away from Ramgarh, this mosque is an example of Mughal art and architecture.

Purni Madhai Situated at Golpar in Ramgarh Town near Bhudwa Mahadev Temple and Rameshwar Math.

After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, pitchers containing the remains of the departed soul were dispatched to different places in the country, including Ramgarh.

Shaheed Umraon Singh and Shekh Bhikhari, well known Freedom Fighters of Jharkhand, were hanged at this place by the British in the year 1857.

Leaders of Congress including Mahatma Gandhi, Abdul Kalam Azad and Rajendra Pasad took part in this session.

[citation needed] Environmental activist from Chutupalu Mr.Vinay Mehta has taken initiative for reducing carbon footprint to promote low emission development in chutupallu ghati and going to open Nature School (J-D Prakriti School) in the Chutupallu shortly.

Nearest railway station is Daniya, besides Gomia, a famous Indian explosive factory.

Chinese troops at Ramgarh Training Center June 1944.
During WWII Chinese troops underwent training at Ramgarh.
Mahatma Gandhi Samadhi Sathal, Ramgarh.
A View of Valley between Ramgarh and Chutupallu
Divisions of Jharkhand