Bokaro Steel City is a city in Jharkhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bokaro district and one of the most populous cities in the state of Jharkhand. The city stands at an elevation of 210 metres (690 feet) above sea level and has an urban area of 183 square kilometres (71 square miles). Bounded on the east by Dhanbad and Purulia, on the west by Ramgarh and Hazaribagh, on the north by Giridih and on the south by Ranchi.
Bokaro was initially called ManBhoom and was named after the ruler Veer Man Singh. Later, Bokaro was conquered by the Mughal Emperors. Decades later, when India had won its independence, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru planned to establish the first swadeshi steel plant in this area with the help of the Soviets. The abundance of coal, iron ore, manganese made this area the first choice. In early 1964, the steel plant was incorporated as a limited company, which was later merged with the Steel Authority Of India Limited and came to be known as Bokaro Steel Limited. The city witnessed a thorough transition and significant development between the 1960s and 1970s. Massive construction of steel plants was carried throughout the 60s and 70s. The first blast furnace of this steel plant was started in October 1972. Later, during the 1980s, the township rapidly developed to incorporate new schools, parks, zoos, etc
Bokaro is a fine example of a city that has rose from a remote small village to a industrial hub of India. The history as it goes is that in the deep jungles of Chhota Nagpur, was a small village called Maraphari which, post-independence, came into prominence when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, planned to build the country’s first steel plant in collaboration with the Soviet Union. That’s how Bokaro Steel Plant was set up and over the years the city has made it to become the most important industrial zone of the country.
