2024-08-03 20:09:45
Patna: We all know Patna of Bihar, but do you know that there is a Patna in Scotland too? Yes, there is a village named Patna in Scotland, 7000 kilometers away from Bihar. Recently, former DGP of Bihar Gupteshwar Pandey visited this Scottish Patna and shared a video which is now going viral.
Gupteshwar Pandey shared the video of Patna
Gupteshwar Pandey, who is now a storyteller and is very active on social media, shared a video of Patna village in Scotland on his Instagram account. In the video, he is seen standing near the board of the village’s name. He is telling the story behind the naming of this village. He told that this village was named by a former soldier of the East India Company who had returned after living in Bihar. That soldier settled this village and named it Patna in memory of his beloved city Patna.
How did a village in Scotland get the name Patna?
To understand this story in more detail, we can take the help of a report of ‘The Better India’. The history of this village is told in John More’s book ‘Gently Flows the Doon’ published in 1972. According to this, this village was settled by a Scottish man named William Fullarton. William’s father John Fullarton was a Major General in the British Army and was posted in Bihar between 1744 and 1766. Interestingly, William was born in Patna in 1774 and spent the early years of his life there.
In 1802, William returned to Scotland and took over his family’s coal mining business in the East Ayrshire area. He founded a village for the miners and named it Patna after his birthplace. Today, about 3000 people live in this village. In school, children are taught about the name of their village and also about the city of Patna in India.
The video has been viewed more than 4 lakh times
This video of Gupteshwar Pandey has been viewed more than 4 lakh times so far and many people have also given their reactions on it.