Desna, Bihar

Desna is a very old village located on the banks of the River Jerain in Nalanda district of Bihar state in India.[1] It is approximately 2 miles (1 Kos) from Asthawan and 10 miles from Bihar Sharif.[2]

Desna Library
Desna Village Gate

History

Desna was a Saadat village. Desna produced luminaries like Hakim Syed Jannat Hussian Sarbahadi, Syed Tajammul Hussian Desnavi, founding member of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama , Syed Sulaiman Nadvi,[3] Syed Mohammed Saeed Raza and Abdul Qavi Desnavi.[4]

Desna's library, established in 1892, had thousands of old Persian and Urdu manuscripts. After the partition of India, during uncertain times of mass emigration to Pakistan, the books were donated to Khuda Bakhsh Khan Library in Patna, where a Desna section was established to house these treasures.[3]

Desna also had a wall with gates encircling the village, defending it from outsiders.[3]

Rizvi Syed were the prominent communities.

References
  1. "Pin Code of Desna in Nalanda, Bihar". MapsofIndia.com.
  2. "Desna , Nalanda Map , Latitude and Longitude , Bihar". indiamapia.com.
  3. Abhishek Kumar (22 December 2019). "बर्बादी की कगार पर है ये ऐतिहासिक लाइब्रेरी, कभी यहां पहुंचे थे राजेंद्र प्रसाद और जाकिर हुसैन". News18. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. "Abdul Qavi Desnavi". Litterateur Abdul Qavi Desnavi. 8 March 2012.

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