About Bokaro steel city

Bokaro Steel City (Hindi: ) pronunciation (helpinfo) is a major industrial city in the State of Jharkhand, in India. It is the home of the largest steel plant in India, and several other medium and small industries. Bokaro is the headquarters of the Bokaro district as well as Koylanchal range (Bokaro, Dhanbad and Giridih). It is also one of the three headquarters of the Police IG zone, apart from Ranchi and Dumka, covering seven districts- Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Giridih, Koderma, Chatra, Bokaro, and Ramgarh. Situated on the Chhota Nagpur Plateau, the city is strewn by valleys and winding streams. In this setting, within three decades, the area has blossomed into a regional urban centre of around a million people. Formerly there was a village named Maraphari(it is also pronounced as Marafari) deep in the jungles of Chota Nagpur. The closest village cluster was Chas. Purulia was the closest town and the area was ruled by the Maharaja of Kashipur. Folklore has it that...