Munger

Munger is a twin city, comprising Munger and Jamalpur on the southern bank of the Ganges, and a Municipal Corporation in the Indian state of Bihar, headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division, about 180 kilometers east of Patna. Founded by Chandragupta II in the fourth century CE, it became a major city of eastern India and undivided Bengal under the Mughals and the British Raj, and in 1763 the Nawab of Bengal, Mir Qasim, made it his capital and built an arsenal and several palaces there; it became a municipality in 1864. The 2011 census recorded a total population of 213,101, and the city is known today as Yoga Nagri, or Yoga City.