Kunauli or Kunauli Bazaar is a small town of Supaul (old Saharsa) district of Bihar, India. It is also known as Kanouli. This small busy town is situated at the borders of India and Nepal.

History

The name Kunauli is derived from the great Ashoka's son, Kunal or Kunala

Kunala

Kunala or Kunāl was the son of Emperor Ashoka and Queen Padmavati, and presumptive heir to Ashoka and thus the heir to the Mauryan Empire which once ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent. While he was supposed to be the future heir to the empire, he was blinded by another of Ashoka's wives,...

who once ruled this place. This place is also known for the education place of evergreen Indian playback singer, Udit Narayan

Udit Narayan

-Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...

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Koshi and Kunauli

The Western Embankment Bank of Koshi

Koshi River

The Kosi River or Koshi —also Saptakoshi for its seven Himalayan tributaries—is a trans-boundary river flowing through Nepal and India. Some of the rivers of the Koshi system, such as the Arun, the Sun Kosi and the Bhote Koshi, originate in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China...

 runs through Kunauli.During the floods in 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1958 etc., it has severely affected the convex bends of western bank at several places like Kunauli Bazar.

The flood generally do great damage to the road leading to the Kunauli town and wash out its 3 kilometres portion. The water of the Koshi river pour out from the breach that developes in its western embankment and submerge a large portion of it.

Education Centre

Jageshwar High School is the main centre for Secondary School Education. Famous Playback Singer, Udit Narayan

Udit Narayan

-Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...

 and Angika Language Scholar - Kundan Amitabh are among those few personalities who studied here and completed their SSC. Jageshwar High School is among one of few schools of India which provide education services to Nepalese students as well.

Kunauli High School

Place of Interest

• Koshi Barrage
  Koshi Barrage
  The Koshi Barrage is a flood control sluice across the Koshi River at the Nepal–Indian border. It was built between 1958 and 1962.The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve is several miles north of the Barrage.- 2008 flood :...
  
   (15 km towards north in Nepal)
• Sapt Kosi River (25 km)
• Sursar Nadī (47.6 km)
• Trijuga River (48.9 km)
• Chandra Canal (9.5 km)
• Sakhra Devi Mandir (10 km in Nepal)

Nearest Airport

• Patna
  Patna
  Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
  
  , Bihar, India (203 km)
• Biratnagar(BIR), Biratnagar, Nepal (63.7 km)
• Tribhuvan International(KTM), Kathmandu, Nepal (285 km)

INDIA

• Dagmāra (06.2 km)
• Simrāhi (21.4 km)
• Bhaptiāhi (22.3 km)
• Sukhānagar (31.3 km)
• Bīrpur (31.4 km)
• Pratāpganj (32.3 km)
• Laukāhi (32.4 km)
• Nirmāli (36 km)
• Narahia (38.7 km)
• Ghurna (38.9 km)
• Tharbitia (39 km)
• Narhi (41.1 km)
• Chhātāpur (46.4 km)
• Purnea (134.8 km)

Nepal

• Inarwa (8.9 km)
• Hanumānnagar (10.2 km)
• Rājbirāj (10.4 km)
• Barhamjia (24.5 km)
• Barhara (25.5 km)
• Kanchanpur (32.1 km)
• Khairbana (32.5 km)
• Kuiyāhi (37.8 km)
• Shibganj (41.8 km)
• Khanjpur (42.5 km)
• Fatehpur (43.6 km)

External links

• http://supaul.bih.nic.in/
• http://www.chautari.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10358
• http://bordernepal.wordpress.com/?archives-list=1