4 km from Vaishali. The soil of this land is blessed by the visit of Buddha twice during the 3rd century BC. Museums Deep Narayan Singh Museum was established in 1979. Education Research and management Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition (IHMCT&AN) under the aegis of Govt. of India and Department of Tourism, Govt. of Bihar National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur (NIPER) is an Indian public Pharmacy research university, under India's Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Hajipur (CIPET) under the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. Colleges Raj Narain College, Jamuni Lal College, Deo Chand College, Vaishali Mahila College, Intermediate Women's College, Chaurasia Raj Kishore College, JaiPrakash Evening Intermediate College, Maitreya College of Education and Management, Licchavi College of Teacher's Training, Maa Tara Institute of Health technology and Management, R.S. Sharda Devi Education College, Bihar College of Education, Bihar Industrial Training Centre, District Institute of Education and Training. Schools Schools in Hajipur are either government run schools or private schools . The schools are affiliated to Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), the All-India Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) or the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) boards. Hindi and English are the primary languages of instruction. Some top Schools are — G.A Inter School, Kendriya Vidyalaya, St. Paul's High School, St. Georgia Girl's School, Indian Public School, Surajdeo Memorial School, Delhi Public School. Notable people Freedom Fighter Basawon Singh Sports Person Kavita Roy (Former ODI Cricketer) Pramod Bhagat (Para-badminton Player) Writer Neelakshi Singh Politicians Ajay Nishad Awadhesh Singh Bashistha Narain Singh Brishin Patel Deep Narayan Singh (2nd CM of Bihar) Digvijay Narain Singh Nityanand Rai Pashupati Kumar Paras Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Rajeshwara Patel Ram Ratan Ram Ram Sundar Das (15th CM of Bihar) Ram Vilas Paswan Ritu Jaiswal Valmiki Choudhary Sports Akshaywat Rai Stadium Basawan Singh Stadium is a public indoor stadium inviting quotation for planning and development under Information & Public relation department, Government of Bihar. Transport and connectivity Hajipur city has a modern railway zonal office. It is the headquarters of the East Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Hajipur Junction is directly connected to most of the major cities in India. Public transportation is provided for by buses, auto rickshaws and local trains. BSRTC has started city bus service on Hajipur via Patna. Luxury bus