District Court,Nawada

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

The district of Nawada which was formally a sub-division of the old district of Gaya, came to be notified as a revenue district some time in the year 1973.The Judgeship, however as created on 21.01.1984 with Sri Phanindra Kumar Sharan as its first District and Sessions Judge. On its western border is situated the parent district of Gaya known for its religious importance for the Hindus all over the world. On the east of the district is situated the district of Jamui which was till not very late a sub-division of the old district of Munger. The district of Nawada finds on its immediate southern border the district of Koderma in the state of Jharkhand. The said National highway also touches the town of Nawada. At a distance of little more than only ten kilometers from the northern border of the district Nawada situates on the east of said national highway in the district of Nalanda the well known temple of Pawapuri where Lord Mahavir, according to the Jain belief, took Nirvana. On the north-west border of the district situates Rajgir in the district of Nalanda.Rajgir had also been the capital of the empire of Magadh in the days of[...]