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Did you know there’s another place called Patna outside of Bihar? It’s in Scotland, about 45 miles from Glasgow, located in East Ayrshire.
A video shared by @param_shant offers a glimpse into this other Patna. The caption reads, “Scotland also has a village named Patna! What is the relation of this with Patna of our Bihar? You will even Google this, I will show how it looks.”
The video showcases the roads, homes, neighborhoods, and natural surroundings of Scotland’s Patna, drawing a parallel to India’s.
Despite being about 6,800 miles away from its Indian namesake, the Scottish Patna has similar charm. Around 3,000 people live there, next to the River Doon, reminiscent of how Indian Patna is situated by the Ganges.
Watch the video below:
Reacting to the video, one user joked and said, “Even the road quality was matched!” Another user commented, “Maturity is when you realise whole world comes under Bihar…. United States of Bihar.” A third user wrote, “The English officer who was in India liked Patna so much that after going back to Britain he named his village Patna in Scotland. I had read this once.” And another user said, “Bro the gamcha…..hardcore BIHARI BEHAVIOUR.”
According to an article in Hello Travel, a man named William Fullarton, born in India’s Patna in 1774, and brought up there, later moved to Scotland to manage a coal and limestone mining company. Fullarton built a village for his workers and named it after his hometown in India. He even built a bridge there called Patna Auld Bridge, which people used for 155 years until they replaced it in 1960.
