<sod>'''Shahabad district''', headquartered at [[Sasaram]]  was a bhojpuri speaking districts in western [[Bihar]], [[India]] making western border of Bihar with [[Uttar Pradesh]]. In year 1972,the district was subsequently bifurcated into 2 districts <ref name="information">{{cite web | title = Buxar at a glance | work  = Bihar Government | url = http://bhojpur.bih.nic.in/| accessdate = January 14, 2012 }}</ref> namely [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur]] and [[Rohtas district|Rohtas]]. Later on  [[Kaimur district|Kaimur]] was carved out from Rohtas in 1991 and [[Buxar district|Buxar]] from Bhojpur in 1992. These districts are often considered to be part of [[Purvanchal]] along with [[Saran division|Saran]] and [[Champaran]] regions from Bihar. [[Kunwar Singh|Babu Kunwar Singh]] belonged to this district.<eod>
<sod>'''Shahabad district''', headquartered at [[Sasaram]]  was a bhojpuri speaking districts in western [[Bihar]], [[India]] making western border of Bihar with [[Uttar Pradesh]]. In year 1972, the district was subsequently bifurcated into 2 districts <ref name="information">{{cite web | title = Buxar at a glance | work  = Bihar Government | url = http://bhojpur.bih.nic.in/| accessdate = January 14, 2012 }}</ref> namely [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur]] and [[Rohtas district|Rohtas]]. Later on  [[Kaimur District]] was carved out from Rohtas in 1991 and [[Buxar District]] from Bhojpur in 1992. These districts are often considered to be part of [[Purvanchal]] along with [[Saran division|Saran]] and [[Champaran]] regions from Bihar. Bharat Ratna [[Ustad Bismillah Khan]] and [[Kunwar Singh|Babu Kunwar Singh]] belonged to this district.<eod>