Hin: बगह bagha
‘Garden’ City, Bihar
From Hin/Bih: बग(हा) baga(ha), ‘garden’, ‘park’.
Bagaha is situated on the edge of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve with the Uttar Pradesh border in the west of the opposite shore of the Gandak river.
The 814km Gandak River flows from Nepal and Uttar Pradesh before entering Bihar. It is prone to monsoon flooding, often very serious.
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The Someshwara Hills, the Raghia Forest and the Nepalese border are northwest.
Bagaha is known as the ‘Town of Tigers’.
For related place names see Indian Place names and Bihar place names.
