city, northern Bihar state, northeastern India. Samastipur lies just south of the Burhi Gandak River. A major rail hub with workshops, it engages in agricultural trade and has sugar refining as its chief industry. The city has a hospital and tuberculosis clinic, and three religious fairs are held annually. Samastipur was constituted a municipality in 1897. The Indian railway minister Lalit N. Mishra was assassinated there on Jan. 2, 1975. Pop. (1991) 47,363.
SAMASTIPUR
Meaning of SAMASTIPUR in English
Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012