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Muzaffarpur is a sub-metropolitan city located in Muzaffarpur district in the Tirhut region of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of Tirhut division, Muzaffarpur district and the Muzaffarpur Railway District. It is the second bigggest and important city in Bihar after Capital Patna. It is also amongst the few cities in Bihar other than state capital Patna which fulfill nearly all the criteria to be called a Sub Metropolitan City. It is located at a distance of 68 kilometres from state capital Patna.Muzaffarpur is famous for Shahi lychees and is known as the Lychee Kingdom. It is situated on the banks of the perennial Burhi Gandak River, which flows from the Someshwar Hills of Himalayas. The present city of Muzaffarpur came into existence in the 18th century and is named after Muzaffar Khan, a Revenue Officer during the British Raj.HistoryMuzaffarpur was created in 1875 for the sake of administrative convenience by splitting up the earlier district of Tirhut. The present district came into existence in the 18th century, being named after Muzaffar Khan, an Amil (Revenue Officer) under British rule. It is surrounded to the north by Purbi Champaran and Sitamarhi districts, to the south by Vaishali and Saran districts, to the east by Darbhanga and Samastipur districts and to the west by Saran and Gopalganj districts.