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'''Ekauna''', historically documented as '''Ekhowna''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Thornton |first=J. H. |date=1874-06-01 |title=Report on Cholera in the Shahabad District |journal=The Indian Medical Gazette |volume=9 |issue=6 |pages=146–147 |issn=0019-5863 |pmc=5128170 |pmid=28995022}}</ref> is a village in the [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur district]] of [[Bihar]], [[India]]. It is situated near the city of [[Arrah]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LIJi8qP7XfoC&q=%22ekauna%22 |title=The Indian Law Reports: Patna series |date=1987 |publisher=Published under the Authority of the Governor of Bihar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bengal |first=Asiatic Society of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fiZFAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22ekauna%22&pg=PA163 |title=Asiatic researches or transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia |date=1822 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Governor |first=PMJF Lion Binod Agrawal, District |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUHREAAAQBAJ&dq=%22ekauna%22&pg=PA164 |title=Lions 322E District Directory (2023-24): Digital Edition |date=2023-08-16 |publisher=Signpost Celfon.in Technology |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-05-10 |title=India Bihar families fight for 66 years over a plot of land |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-22479055 |access-date=2025-07-08 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
One of the earliest mentions of the village is found on 28 July 1873, by J. H. Thornton, who was the [[Civil surgeon|Civil Surgeon]] of the [[Shahabad district]]. The report talks about the cholera outbreak that affected numerous towns and villages in the district.{{citation needed|date= July 2025}}<br />
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According to the report, the epidemic reached Ekauna around the middle of June 1873, concurrently with an outbreak in the nearby village of [[Alekhitola|Alekhi Tola]]. The outbreak was severe, with ten recorded cases of cholera, resulting in seven deaths.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Geography ==<br />
Ekauna is situated in the alluvial plains of the Ganges. The village is located in the [[Udwantnagar]] block of the Bhojpur district.{{citation needed|date= July 2025}}<br />
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