Katihar

Katihar lies in the low country of eastern Bihar, between the Kosi and Mahananda river systems. Its name is associated with the nearby village of Dighi-Katihar, where a large tank is said to have been dug for troops during fighting between the nawabs of Purnea and Murshidabad. Under the Mughals, the surrounding country lay within the districts of Purnea and Tajpur. In the eighteenth century it passed into the East India Company’s sphere as the authority of the Purnea governor gave way.