of international trade.

Modern history

The modern district of Patna was created in September 1770 as a provincial council by the British, to supervise revenue matters of Bihar. In 1793, Patna became a separate judicial district. This led to the foundation of the modern district.

The reorganisation of the districts in the State took effect in 1972. On 9 November 1972, Nalanda district was constituted by carving out the Bihar Sharif sub-division

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