Editing Rajbiraj (section)

==History==
===Ancient Era===
The city is part of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] which was an ancient kingdom which rose to prominence under King [[Janaka]] ({{circa}} 8th-7th centuries BCE).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha, Makhan, 1941- |title=Anthropology of ancient Hindu kingdoms : a study in civilizational perspective |date=1997 |publisher=M.D. Publications |isbn=81-7533-034-1 |location=New Delhi |oclc=37992849}}</ref><ref>[[Michael Witzel]] (1989), ''Tracing the Vedic dialects'' in ''Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes'' ed. [[Colette Caillat|Caillat]], Paris, pages 13, 17 116-124, 141-143</ref> The city is historical twin city of [[Janakpur]] also known to be a seat of [[Kushadhwaja]] the brother of King Janka whose two daughters [[Mandavi]] and [[Shrutakirti]] were married to [[Bharata (Ramayana)|Bharata]] and [[Shatrughna]] respectively. [[Kushadhwaja]] later ruled the area through his ministers and moved to Sankasya.<ref name="Ramayan">{{cite book |last1=BALAKANDA |title=Balmiki Ramayana |publisher=IIT Kanpur |pages=SARGA 71 |url=https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/summary?field_kanda_tid=1&field_sarga_value=71 |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> During the [[Middle Ages|Medieval Period]] around 520 [[Common Era|CE]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grierson, George Abraham, Sir, 1851-1941. |title=Seven grammars of the dialects and subdialects of the Bihárí language : spoken in the Province of Bihár, in the eastern portion of the North-Western Provinces, and the northern portion of the Central Provinces |date=2005 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |isbn=81-7835-451-9 |location=Delhi |pages=230 |oclc=297507808}}</ref> King [[Salahesh]] reigned over Mithila region and made his capital near [[Lahan]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yadav |first=Mithilesh |title=King Sahlesh: The lesser known legend of Mithila |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/39909/ |access-date=2020-06-10 |website=My Republica |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Rays and ways of Indian culture |date=1996 |publisher=M.D. Publications |isbn=81-85880-98-0 |location=New Delhi |page=200 |oclc=34851354}}</ref> 35&nbsp;km west to Rajbiraj. The most powerful and prominent kingdom, [[Karnat dynasty]] comes into power and ruled Mithila (also known as '''Tirhut''') from the 11th century to the early 14th century. The fifth  of karnat dynasty, [[Shaktisingh Dev]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaudhary |first=Radhakrishna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JO4toCiJ2ecC&q=Mithilak%2520Itihas |title=Mithilak Itihas |publisher=Ram Vilas Sahu |isbn=978-93-80538-28-0 |pages=70–112 |language=hi}}</ref> (r. 1285 to 1295 CE) was travelled through this region after transferring his supremacy to his younger son [[Harisimhadeva]] and built the famous and ancient [[Chinnamasta Bhagawati Temple|Chinnamasta Bhagawati Mandir]] as well as his fort nearby the temple, which is known as '''Gadhi Gaachhi''' locally.<ref name="Harikant">{{Citation |last=Das, Harikant Lal |url=http://www.madanpuraskar.org/search/monographsview.php?showdetail=&ID=33586 |title=Saptari Jillaka Pramukh Aitihasik Gadhiharu |date=2010 |publisher=Sajha Prakashan |page=25 |language=ne}}</ref> After the fall of [[Karnat dynasty]], the [[Sena dynasty]] which was entered in Mithila, through [[Rupnagar, Nepal|Rupnagar]] from [[Bengal]] around early 13th century started ruling this region from the 15th century to the 18th century.<ref name="Das"/> The [[Rajdevi Temple]] was rebuilt by Sena king in the early 14th century<ref name="Harikant"/> and also known to be family temple of [[Kushadhwaja]]. Within the periphery of Rajbiraj there were small shrines dedicated to [[Mandavi]], [[Urmila]] and [[Shrutakirti]] but have lost with time.<ref name="Ramayan"/>

===Modern Era===
After the [[Treaty of Sugauli]] in 1816 the region become part of [[Kingdom of Nepal]]. Rajbiraj is one of the few cities given the status of municipality when Nepal's monarchy was restored in the 1950s. The first city of Nepal to be urban planned is rajbiraj.<ref name=Rajbiraj>{{cite web|title=Rajbiraj revisited|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=5454#.YNXQFjfP32c|website=Nepal Times| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625124538/http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=5454#.YNXQFjfP32c |access-date=19 July 2002| archive-date=25 June 2021 }}</ref> The [[Government of Nepal|Nepal government]] plans to develop it as a model city.<ref name=Planned>{{cite web|title=Nepal's first planned town on revival road|url=http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=73973|website=My Republica|access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> Chief Engineer and Architect Dilli Jang Thapa designed Rajbiraj based on Indian city [[Jaipur]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2017/08/12/dilli-jung-thapa-forgotten-hero/ |title=DILLI JUNG THAPA Forgotten Hero |last=Magazine |first=New Spolight |website=SpotlightNepal |language=en |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2016/02/19/what-went-wrong-in-my-madhesh/ |title=What Went Wrong In My Madhesh? |last=Magazine |first=New Spolight |website=SpotlightNepal |language=en |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref> The city is now recognized as an educational capital of Eastern Nepal with various schools and colleges opening.