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	Bihar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bihar (िबहार in Devanagri) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country..
		To Bihar's north is the Kingdom of Nepal.
		In between, Bihar saw a brief period of glory for six years during the rule of Sher Shah Suri, who was from Sasaram and built the longest road of the Indian subcontinent, the Grand Trunk Road, which starts from Calcutta and ends at Peshawar, Pakistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bihar,_India (2609 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bihar, India (Indian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Bihar is governed by a chief minister and a cabinet responsible to a bicameral legislature with one elected house and by a governor appointed by the president of India.
		Bihar was part of the ancient kingdom of Magadha, and contains many sites associated with the Buddha's early life, including Bodh Gaya, the site of his enlightenment.
		The province of Bihar and Orissa was formed in 1912; Bihar became a separate province in 1936.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bihar.html (392 words)

	Tourism in Bihar, Bihar Tourism India, Tourism of Bihar, India Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bihar, an eastern Indian state and the place that gave birth to Buddhism and Jainism and helped in the growth of Sikhism and Hinduism, has a past that is unmatched anywhere in the world.
		Bihar is located in the eastern region of India, bordering Nepal in the North, West Bengal in the east, Uttar Pradesh in the West, and Madhya Pradesh and Orissa in the South.
		Rajmahal is a medieval settlement on the eastern fringe of Bihar.
	www.mexicohunts.net /bihar.shtml (2378 words)

	K.P.S. Gill: Freedom From Fear -- Politics & Governance - Today Bihar, tomorrow India?
		And this is more the case in the context of Bihar’s unending caste wars, Naxalite violence and sectarian polarization that have resulted in an unending chain of violence.
		Bihar was not always the misgoverned State it is today, and was among the better-administered provinces in the early years after Independence.
		Bihar, in the most unfortunate sense possible, would then be the trendsetter, the leader, with the rest of the nation a straggling imitator of its past excesses.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/kpsgill/governance/Apr14Pio.htm (1135 words)

	India-States Bihar
		Bihar is a the ninth largest state in area in India and second largest in population.
		Bihar is bounded on the north by Nepal, on the south by Orissa, on the east by West Bengal and on the west by Uttar Pradesh.
		Bihar Shariff is a major Muslim pilgrim centre.
	www.indiatravelite.com /states/bihar.htm (275 words)

	India - News - Bihar Comparable To Africa's Poorest Nations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bihar's economy grew at an annual rate of just bout 2.2 per cent, but its population grew faster at 2.4 per cent per annum.
		According to the daily, Bihar's dwindling economic fortunes is in sharp contrast to the rapid strides made by other states such as Maharashtra on the GDP and per capita income growth front.
		The so-called BIMARU (or sick) states, comprising Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chattisgarh, which account for 41 per cent of India's population, saw a drop in their share in GDP from 32 percent at the beginning of the nineties to under 26 percent now.
	www3.estart.com /india/news/poorbihar.html (507 words)

	Bihar travel guide,bihar travel agent,Bihar India,tour operators of bihar,tour to bihar destination guide,history of ...
		Bihar has basked in the glory of Magadh Empire in the period of Mauryans, Guptas and Pal, Vikramshila University, whose ruins speak of best as this glorious deat of learning was constructed during Pal dynasty.
		The state of Bihar lies along the eastern Gangetic Plains in North India, A land that has been the passing of many dynasties of ancient India, Bihar has also been the birth place of two treat theologies -Buddhism and Jainism.
		As a place of pilgrimage for centuries, even the name Bihar is desired from 'Vihar' as a Buddhist monasteries, Reflecting its ancient history, Bihar has some of the finest monuments of Hindu and Mughal architecture.
	www.tourmyindia.com /states/bihar (581 words)

	India: Bihar: Jesuit Priest Murdered for Defending Dalits Land Rights
		Bihar is a semi-feud State where the government permits violations in areas where there are armed conflicts.
		An example on daily wages: in some areas of Bihar it is 4kg of rice for every working day; in Patna, Jehanabad and Gaya the wage is 2kg of rice; the low caste labourers "dalits" may receive 1.3 kg of rice.
		Send protest letters and faxes stating your deep regret and concern; calling for the central government to intervene directly with the administration in the state of Bihar to urgently and adequately implement measures in the affected districts of Bihar to ensure the security of priests and the Christian community.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/1997/7 (997 words)

	Bihar Travel, Bihar India, Bihar, Travel Guide To Bihar, Tourism in Bihar, Tours To Bihar,India Bihar Travel Guide, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bihar is bound on the north by Nepal, on the east by
		But Bihar's most famous and fascinating indigenous art form is its Madhubani school of painting, a strict monopoly of the women of Mithila.
		The principal foodgrains of Bihar are paddy, wheat, maize and pulses.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /bihar (624 words)

	BUDDHIST TOURISM in Bihar-India,Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour to Bihar-Sanchi, Travel of Buddha Pilgrimage in Bihar,Buddhist ...
		Of all India’s states, Bihar is the one most intimately linked to the Buddha’s life, resulting in a trail of pilgrimages which have come to be known as the Buddhist circuit.
		Patna once called Pataliputra the capital of Bihar, is among the world's oldest capital cities with unbroken history of many centuries as imperial metropolis.
		Nearby is Bihar Sharif, where an annual urs is celebrated at the Dargah or tomb of Malik Ibrahim Baya.
	india-tourism.net /Bihar.htm (1321 words)

	India Travelogue Destination Patna Bihar India: Patna capital Bihar India, Patna travel & tourism, Introduction to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A memorial to seven freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives in the "Quit India" movement of August 1942, it is a modern sculpture facing the Secretariat where they were shot in their attempt to hoist the national flag.
		It is the headquarters of Bihar Vidyapeeth, a national university.
		India's first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad lived here after his retirement and there is a small museum here displaying his personal belongings.
	www.indiatravelogue.com /dest/bihar/patna.html (878 words)

	Bihar State Guide
		Bihar is bordered on the north by Nepal, on the east by West Bengal, on the west by Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, and on the south by Orissa.
		Bihar has a humid subtropical monsoon climate, with three well-defined seasons: the cool season, from November to February; the hot season, from March to mid-June; and the rainy season, from mid-June through October.
		Bihar boasts of Nalanda a world renowned university in the 5th century A.D. Located nearby is Rajgir, a pilgrimage place for Buddhists and Pawapuri where Lord Mahavira breathed his last.
	www.indnav.com /servlet/Browse?mt=goTo&fId=2 (198 words)

	Tsunami News for Bihar, India
		Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, who also presented a cheque for Rs 100 million on behalf of her government to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the tsunami...
		The accused, Shankar Singh Chapra, is a resident of Bihar.
		India --> was affected by the December 26, 2004 earthquake and subsequent tsunamis.
	danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Bihar.html (2681 words)

	CNN - India's Bihar state braces for protests after dismissal of provincial government - February 13, 1999
		PATNA, India, (CNN) -- Residents of crime-ridden Bihar state braced for street protests on Saturday after the provincial government was dumped by Indian President K.R. Narayanan.
		Bihar, India's second most populous state with 90 million people, is rich in minerals and agriculture, but is torn by many problems, including illiteracy, crime, caste rivalries, poverty and bitter political feuds, as well as economic concerns.
		Many lawmakers in the Bihar state legislature have criminal records and have frequently been accused of switching political loyalty in return for hefty bribes.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/asiapcf/9902/13/india.bihar.02/index.html (532 words)

	Bihar on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bihar is bounded by Nepal (N) and by Indian states—West Bengal (E), Jharkhand (S), and Uttar Pradesh (W).
		State of Fear: In India's Bihar state, even politicians may be cashing in on the only game in town: kidnapping for ransom.(Asia)
		Due to flooding and drought, in 1951 the province of Bihar was heavily stricken by famine.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Bihar.asp (908 words)

	Asia 5
		In Bihar, a series of caste clashes and massacres between January and April once again revealed the unwillingness of state authorities to protect the rights of those born into lower castes.
		In January 1999, when Pakistan's cricket team was set to travel to India for a series of test matches, members of the Shiv Sena dug up the pitch at a New Delhi stadium that was to host the first match and ransacked the headquarters of the Board of Control for Cricket in Bombay.
		In response to India's nuclear tests in May 1998, Japan halted all new grant aid (with the exception of emergency and humanitarian aid and grant assistance for grassroots projects) and all new yen loans in accordance with Japan's Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) Charter.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k/Asia-04.htm (3271 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Bihar's loyalties cast in stone
		It is India's most lawless state - a murder takes place every two hours, a rape is committed every six and a bank is looted every day, according to police records.
		A total of 16.5% of Bihar's people are Muslims and another 12.7% belong to the Yadav caste - one of the designated "other backward castes" that make up 35% of the population.
		India's President APJ Kalam has talked about a prosperous India in 2020 with a growth rate of 10% and a per capita income of $1,400.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4276379.stm (735 words)

	Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan
		Lalu's record in developing Bihar has been abysmal, yet he has managed to win elections, whether to parliament or the assembly, due to an unbeatable backward caste in Yadav, the community that Lalu belongs to, and the Muslim vote, which supports Lalu en masse, forming over 30% of the state's votes.
		Over the years, Lalu has carefully cultivated this constituency, not so much by ensuring their economic mobility, but by providing them with a social voice, regaling them with rustic wit and jingoistic jargon about the pride of taking on the higher caste, which has traditionally included feudal lords and is seen as the oppressor.
		But the unraveling of the BJP in the wake of its defeat in the parliamentary polls and the subsequent leadership crisis have proved the dictum that in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/GA25Df03.html (1136 words)

	Tourism of India - States of India - Bihar
		Bihar is also a religious center for Jains and Hindus.
		Bihar has an international border with Nepal, and also borders the states of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
		Bihar's capital is an important business centre of eastern India and a gateway to the Budhist and Jain pilgrimage centres of Vaishali, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bodhgaya and Pawapuri.
	www.tourismofindia.com /sts/stbihar.htm (238 words)

	Medical Elective in Bihar, 24 April - 27 May 2000
		This is one of the largest mission hospitals in north India, and it is run by the Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA).
		Furthermore, Bihar is the state with the highest crime and poverty in India.
		India, with 1 billion people, is the world's second most populous country.
	www.geocities.com /EnchantedForest/Fountain/9051/uk2k/christ-mission-bihar.html (1236 words)

	Destination Bihar: A saga of 'poverty tourism'- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stephane Catta, councillor at the French embassy in New Delhi, and European Union adviser Christine Baeira are scheduled to visit Patna and Ranchi in later this week to assess the poll scenario in both the states.
		A French young researcher, Robin Cyril, who is doing doctoral research on the rise of OBCs in Bihar at Political Studies Institute, Paris, is also in the city to do research on Bihar polls.
		But one thing is common in all of them - they all have gone to brush up their "facts" and "fiction" on Bihar at city's lone "mecca" for visiting fellows - Asian Development Research Institute (Adri).
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1015886.cms (427 words)

	The Bihar Regiment
		Comments: Bihar is the cradle of ancient Indian civilisations and empires.
		The Bihar Regiment claims its origins from the sepoy battalions raised in 1758 by Clive at Patna.
		The 2nd was raised in 1942 as part of the Bihar Regiment.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /LAND-FORCES/Army/Regiments/Bihar.html (270 words)

	Amazing Science
		In India a decimal system was already in place during the Harappan period, as indicated by an analysis of Harappan weights and measures.
		The debt owed by the West to other civilizations, and to India in particular, go back to the earliest epoch of the "Western" scientific tradition, the age of the classical Greeks, and continued up until the dawn of the modern era, the renaissance, when Europe was awakening from its dark ages.
		India is also the locus of another closely related an equally important mathematical discovery, the numeral zero.
	www.hinduism.co.za /amazing.htm (14824 words)

	Bihar Regiment
		The Bihar Regiment was formed in 1941 by regularising the 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment, and raising new battalions.
		The Biharis were not considered good soldier material by the British after 1857 since the Hindu Rajputs and Brahmans of Bihar, who were widely recruited in the old Bengal Army, had taken a very prominent part in the Sepoy Rebellion.
		The Bihar Regiment is reported to consist half of the Adivasis [Scheduled Tribe].
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/india/rgt-bihar.htm (612 words)

	Bihar -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Bounded by the Chota Nagpur plateau on the south, the Ganges River and the North Bihar Plains on the north, the Ayodhya (Oudh) Plains on the west, and the Bengal Basin on the east, the Southern Bihar Plains extend across central Bihar state and have an area of about 17,330 square miles (44,900 square...
		The 24th and last founder of Jainism was Mahavira, whose name means “fully enlightened teacher.” He was born Vardhamana in about 599 BC in Ksatiryakundagrama, India, to a warrior caste of Hindus.
		Humans have lived in India for many thousands of years, but the time and place of the arrival of the first inhabitants is uncertain.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9111209?tocId=9111209 (793 words)

	Satellite data reveal immense pollution pool over Bihar, India
		While high pollution levels were found over much of India, a concentrated pool of particles was discovered over Bihar, a largely rural area with a high population density.
		A large source contributing to the Bihar pollution pool is the inefficient burning of a variety of biofuels during cooking and other domestic use.
		Particles in the smoke remain close to the ground, trapped by valley walls, and unable to mix upward because of a high-pressure system that dominates the region during winter.
	www.news.uiuc.edu /news/05/0127pollution.html (542 words)

	Bihar city information : bodhgaya in bihar, India
		Passing along the Ganges in the area that is now Bihar, the Buddha prophesied that a great city would arise here.
		The name 'Bihar' is derived from 'Vihara' means monastery.
		Bihar was a great religious center for Jains, Hindus and most important for Buddhists.
	www.indiatravelinfo.com /bihar.htm (387 words)

	President to end misery in Bihar- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		PATNA: Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called on President A P J Abdul Kalam to draw his attention towards the collapse of law and order in Bihar and urged him to rid the state of crime and criminals.
		Urging Kalam to intervene in the matter using his constitutional authority, Prasad said that criminals enjoying political patronage had unleashed a reign of terror in the state by kidnapping doctors, engineers, traders and advocates for ransom or killing them.
		Doctors and other professionals have become most vulnerable targets of criminals with as many as 15 Patna doctors figuring in the hit list of criminals, the memorandum stated and added that 34 doctors had been kidnapped during the past few years from different parts of the state.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/923902.cms (404 words)

	Mission India
		Bihar, India - Hindu extremists returned to the Gospel Echoing Missionary Society (GEMS) compound in Rohtas district, Bihar state on Sunday, September 25.
		Mission India sponsors three interconnected programs in India: Church Planting, Adult Literacy, and Children’s Bible Clubs.
		Mission India is a U.S. registered, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
	www.missionindia.org (448 words)

	Nalanda,Nalanda India,Nalanda Travel,Nalanda Tours,Nalanda India Travel Guide,Buddha Stupas in Bihar,Nalanda University
		Bihar, the birthplace of Buddha, Mahavira and Guru Gobind Singh is equally sacred for Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains.A variegated state of India that is deeply attached to its harmony of culture, traditions and religions.
		A Walk in the ruins of the university, takes you to an era, that saw India leading in imparting knowledge, to the world - the era when India was a coveted place for studies.
		The Bihar State tourism Department has its buses running from Nalanda to other parts of the state.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /bihar/nalanda (842 words)

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