About 5 decades back in the early days the world of Gomia was not known to anyone expect those villagers who lived there. They had no means of lively hood and untouched with modern civilization. After independence the government of India decided to have a commercial explosives factory in this country. ICI UK was invited to establish its Explosives factory in India. While surveying for the location from a helicopter Mr. Todd Hunter a Scottish was amazed to view a hill in the lap of southern Chotanagpur Plato now in Jharkhand. It was finalized to setup its explosives factory on one side of this hill later named Todd Hunter Hill. The other side a residential township was developed. In this way the unknown and jungle land took the shape of a township, this is Gomia. It is connected by eastern railway on the loop line from Gomo (the place from where Netaji Shubhas Chandra Bose finally escaped by Punjab mail to Kabul) to Barkakana junction. With the first explosives factory the Gomia Township also was born and flourished. This gradually took the shape of a cosmopolitan town. People from all over India found there fortune and started living in Gomia. In the earlier times Scottish experts stayed here and worked hand in hand to train the villagers on the explosives manufacturing technology. Later people from many places around the world kept on visiting Gomia, once an unknown forest land.
Gomia has now recreation center, cooperative stores, Ramakrishna mission, a CBSE affiliated Pitts modern school having 2000 students now. It has a beautiful sports ground and a pavilion.
Gomia surfaced in the heart of the people in many ways. The durga puja festival which takes place today is the largest in fifty miles radius of Gomia. The company has a club known as IEL club which has a tennis court, swimming pool, a bar, billiard room, and a hall.
Many artistes of India fame like Hemant Mukhergee, V Balsara, Mantosh Ray, Sisircona Dhar Choudhary, Usha Uttap and many more visited Gomia to entertain the people here.
Gomia has its own air stripes too.
The ex students of PMS are presently spread over US, Singapore, Beijing, Rome, UK, and where not. Those who are in India most of them have been well established. Perhaps more amazing is the facts that these boys and girls are in many ways superior to the students high-ranking schools like Dun.
This was possible because a galaxy of enlightened educated and outstanding personas were living in this small town. The India Explosives limited at Gomia was inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad the first president of India. On 5th November 1958
The once neglected land was honored to welcome the first citizen of India here and thus surfaced in the map of India those who were born and bought in Gomia are extremely attached even today where ever they are living. Now Gomia has its own website www.gomia.biz woke up to refresh there sweet memories of the pleasant past by responding registering themselves in this website in numbers. Every one feels proud that they were a part of Gomia once. This shows there love and affection for Gomia.
It has an extreme climate. It is connected by road to hazaribag, dhanbad, ranchi, bokaro steel city etc. Its scenic beauty is excellent and superb. A hilly river flows at the very out scarts of this township. The greenery of Gomia praise worthily. One can come and stay at gust house once known as srinikatan started by once late S K Dutta popularly known as Dutta and X employee of the IEL Factory. This gust house has facilities of Modern rooms with TV TEL well cooked home food etc.
Gomia has a direct train connection with Howrah (Kolkata)
Every gomian is proud this small town where there life has taken shape with one of the best environment Gomia is the place to visit for a short while. Its give emends pleasure for few days away from the busy schedule of metropolitan life. Which anyone would choose. Indeed Gomia is a true destination to change from a routine bust urban life for few days.
One can view the beautiful site the pareshnath hill from here the tallest one in Jharkhand.
Once Eastern India rifle shooting championship game was organized here.
