Consider the following coal mines of India: 1. Bokaro 2. Adilabad 3. Raniganj 4. Bishrampur Select the correct sequence of the above from east to west.

The correct sequence of the coal mines from east to west is Raniganj, Bokaro, Bishrampur, and Adilabad. Raniganj is located in West Bengal and is the easternmost coalfield, being the first site where mining began in India [2]. Moving west, Bokaro is situated in the state of Jharkhand [3]. Further west lies the Bishrampur coalfield, which is located in the Surguja district of Chhattisgarh [3]. Finally, Adilabad is the westernmost among the four, located in the state of Telangana (formerly part of Andhra Pradesh) [2]. Geographically, West Bengal (Raniganj) is the furthest east, followed by Jharkhand (Bokaro), then Chhattisgarh (Bishrampur), and finally Telangana (Adilabad) in the west. This alignment follows the major Gondwana coal-bearing river valleys of the Damodar, Son, and Godavari [3].

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1. [2] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 8: Energy Resources > Classification > p. 1
2. [1] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 8: Energy Resources > Coal Reserves in India 2017–18 > p. 2
3. [3] NCERT. (2022). Contemporary India II: Textbook in Geography for Class X (Revised ed.). NCERT. > Chapter 5: Print Culture and the Modern World > Rock Minerals > p. 115