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Chota Nagpur
/ ˈtʃəʊtə ˈnɑːɡpʊə /
noun
a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
Example Sentences
Jh�rikhand—the jungle country, Chota Nagpur and the Santhal parganas.
GANGPUR, a tributary state of Orissa, Bengal, included until 1905 among the Chota Nagpur States.
The Nairs of Malabar and the Santal of Chota Nagpur are typical representatives.
Frazer quotes Indian fire-walks, notably that of the Dosadhs, a low Indian caste in Behar and Chota Nagpur.
It has extended south-east into the southern half of Chota Nagpur, and is spoken by at least twenty millions of people who are as free from prejudice as the inhabitants of Mithila are conservative.
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