Ranchi, Capital of Jharkhand is one of the oldest districts in
Jharkhand. Ranchi is also called as city of Water falls and
lakes. Earlier the name of the district was Lohardaga. The old
district had come into existence after the creation of the non-
regulation South – West frontier as a result of the Kol rising
in 1831-32. The name of the district was changed in 1899 from
Lohardaga to Ranchi after the name of a small village now
comprised within the headquarters station. The name Ranchi comes
from "archi" an Oraon/Kurukh word for the farmer's "baton" in
use while ploughing. Before that up to 1927, this place (Ranchi)
was known as Rachi. The area was an agricultural locality, in
between Hinoo & Harmoo River was a better known place for its
military base and garrison. The present Purani Ranchi was
originally known as the village Archi. Ranchi was the centre of
the Jharkhand movement for a separate state for the tribal
regions of South Bihar, northern Orissa, Western West Bengal and
the present eastern Chhattisga