ChillNepal team9 Oct 2026 1 min read
Rautahat District was established during the Rana regime, according to the district article's infobox. It lies in the Mithila region of Nepal's Terai. Shree Juddha Secondary School in Gaur, inaugurated by Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana during the Rana dynasty, was the third-oldest school in Nepal. At the 2021 census Rautahat had the largest percentage of Muslims of any district in Nepal, about 22.4 percent. Late Shri Gulab Narayan Jha, described as the first person to represent Madhesis in politics, was a permanent resident of Matsari village in the district.
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