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The mining activities in these coalfields started in 1894 and had really intensified in 1925. The first Indians to arrive and break monopoly of British in Coal mining were Gujarati railway contractors from Kutch [5] some of whom decided to plunge into the coal mining business and were thus the pioneers in starting coal mining in Jharia coalfields belt around 1890–95. [6]
Khora Ramji Chawda (1860–1924), better known as Seth Khora Ramji, was a reputed railway contractor, coal mines owner, banker and philanthropist of the early 20th century in India, who worked from Jharia near Dhanbad.
He was attracted to coal mining business due to his connection with Mistris of Kutch, who had taken leadership in Jharia coal mining belt. [3] He started his career as coal agent around 1900, later he entered into coal mining in 1905 [2] when in partnership with Seth Khora Ramji & Brothers, he purchased Pure Jharia Colliery located in Jharia. [3]
The Jharia coalfield is the only repository of coking coal in the country. Coking coal is being mined for over a century in the Eastern Jharia Area with such mines as Bhowrah, Sudamdih and Patherdih. Geo-mining conditions in the underground mines vary from moderate to extreme. In some cases, it is so extreme that these are amongst the most ...
Jharia Raj / Jharia Estate was a Zamindari estate in [1] British India, located at Jharia in Bihar province of the Bengal Presidencynow in Jharkhand. [2] [3] [4] The present Jharia house is an offshoot of Palganj in Hazaribagh and was formerly established at Katrasgarh. [5] Even today the ancestral house cum fort of Jharia Raj family stands at ...
Coal India, the world's biggest producer of coal, may purchase a mine owned by Massey Energy Co. (MEE), Bloomberg reported Friday. The deal would be the state-owned company's first asset purchase ...
Jharia's economy is heavily dependent on the local coal fields, used to make coke. However, fires in the coal fields have made the city heavily polluted, with several government studies recommending relocation of much of the population to nearby Belgaria. [2] [3] As of 2011, Jharia was the fifteenth-largest town in the state of Jharkhand. [4]
“Mining in Jharia coalfield was started 150 years back and most of the mines were open cast with manual excavations. Gradually underground mines were started at shallow depth and the mining was done by the private mine operators. Due to complex geo-mining conditions, the private mine operators abandoned the mines without taking care of the ...