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 in Pakistan.
Bihar is among the least developed states of India and has a per capita income of $94 a year against India's average of $255.
As part of the Bihar Reorganization Act, the region was split in November 2000 to form the new state of Jharkhand.
Ancient history Bihar figures prominently in the most notable eras of India's history: it was the scene of Buddha's enlightenment and mission; later it was the Magadha of the Mauryan and the Gupta dynasties; Patna, as Pataliputra, was the capital.
In the medieval period Bihar was ruled by the Delhi sultans and a succession of Muslim rulers, until it was taken over by the Moguls.
, Bordering Araria district in north, Katihar and Bhagalpur district in South, West Dinajpur district of W.B. and Kishanganj district of Bihar in east and Madhepura and Saharsa District in the west.
People of these states may reach here using bus services.The total population of the district as per 1991 census is 18,78,885 of which male and female populations are 9,87,241 and 8,91,644 respectively.
The average annual rainfall in the district is 1411.5 mm which is the highest rainfall in the state of Bihar.
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.
The province of Bihar and Orissa was formed in 1912; Bihar became a separate province in 1936.
Violence, intimidation, and fraud have often accompanied elections in the state, and direct federal rule was imposed during the election period in 1995.
The present name of the state of Bihar owes its origin to the "Viharas" built by Lord Buddha who attained spiritual enlightenment on this land and preached love, peace and tolerance.
The principal foodgrains of Bihar are paddy, wheat, maize and pulses.
The Initiative to form the Bihar Provincial Medical Association was taken by leading members of the medical profession of Patna.
The Patna Medical Association formally invited members of medical profession from various districts of Bihar on 1st August, 1939 in a meeting.
A.K.N. Sinha, the illustrious son of Bihar, in his own words "a true Bihari", was born in Banka District of Bihar on 15th January, 1929, in an affluent family.
BiharState Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) was established in the year 1981 for the development of tourism in the State of Bihar and for commercialization of Tourist Resources available with the State.
To achieve this objective various tourist infrastructure like Tourist Bungalow, Cafeteria, Restaurant, Transportation facilities and Ropeway are provided at various tourists spots by BiharState Tourism Development Corporation.
In case any doubts users are requested to contact Manager, Travel and Trade, BiharState Tourism Development corporation Patna.
Rajgir is a city and a notified area in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar.
The city of Rajgir was the first capital of the kingdom of Magadha, a state that would eventually evolve into the Mauryan Empire.
Rajgir, which means 'house of the king', was the ancient capital city of the Magadha kings until the 5th century BC when Ajatashatru moved the capital to Pataliputra.
NEW DELHI, 17 October 2006 — The Bihar unit of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday demanded that the death sentence to Mohammed Afzal Guru, convicted in the Parliament attack case, be executed soon and the center make clear its stand on the issue.
A 13-member delegation, headed by the party’s newly elected state president Radha Mohan Singh, submitted a memorandum to Gov. R.S. Gavai for President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and said there was no ground for clemency for Afzal.
He said the party felt that the United Progressive Alliance government headed by Congress was avoiding taking a position on Afzal because of the upcoming elections in several states.
At long last, Xuanzang reached his ultimate destination, where his strongest personal interest in Buddhism was located and the principal portion of his time abroad was spent: the Nalanda monastery, located southwest of the modern city of Bihar in northern Biharstate.
Vimsatika vijnapti-matrata-siddhih (Twenty Verses on Consciousness-only) by stating: "All this is only perception, since consciousness manifests itself in the form of nonexistent objects." There is only a flow of perceptions.
The store consciousness must be purified of its subject-object duality and notions of false existence, and restored to its pure state tantamount to buddhahood, the Absolute Suchness, and the undifferentiated.
The movement originated in Jamalpur, BiharState in India in 1955, when it was founded by Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar, also known by the spiritual name Shrii Shrii Anandamurti.
The projects of Ananda Marga are funded by public contributions, other charitable and religious organisations, and by national governments including Australia, Canada, the United States and several countries of Western and eastern Europe.
Eighteen women were ordained as pastors in the service at St. Matthew's Church in the city of Guntur in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
The BiharState Co-operative Bank Ltd. was established in Patna in 1914 and was registered under Co-operative Societies Act 11 of 1912 with the following objectives
To serve as the apex bank in the state of Bihar for cooperative societies.
To serve as a balancing center in the Co-operative Credit Structure of the State.
UNHCR - India: Update to Response to Information Request IND21356.E on the treatment of Adivasis by the government, particularly in Biharstate
India: Update to Response to Information Request IND21356.E on the treatment of Adivasis by the government, particularly in Biharstate
Sources consulted by the DIRB do not contain additional information to that provided in the above-mentioned Response on the treatment of Adivasis in Biharstate.
Asia,South Asia,India,Bihar (state) / Bodhisattva Maitreya / Late Pala period, 12th century
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