Bihar
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Bihar is a state in Eastern India with a rich history. It has a population of over 100 million people and its capital and largest city is Patna. The state has diverse communities, celebrates festivals of both Hinduism and local tribes, and has a significant agricultural economy centered around crops like rice, wheat and sugarcane. Bihar also has some important industries and is working to develop its tourism sector by promoting historical and nature sites.
Bihar
- 2. BIHAR Bihar formerly known as Magadha.
- 3. The name Bihar is derived from the Sanskrit word Vihara which means Monostries.It is rich and fertile land with a mild climate and is crossed by many major river including the Ganga.
- 4. AREA- 94,163 sq km
- 7. DISTRICTS- 37STATE BIRDSTATE ANIMALINDIAROLLERGAUR
- 9. PEOPLE IN BIHAR Bihar has been a good deal of mixture among the various castes.
- 10. Brahman, Bhumihar, Rajput, Banias and kayastha are dominant castes.kayasthas and Banias are the two important caste groups in the cities and town. The Banias predominate in trade and commerce.
- 11. Member of all these caste groups have occupied prominent position in the educational and political life of the state. The land owning castes are Ahirs(yadavas), Kurmis and Koiris in Bihar.
- 12. RELIGION The Hindu are the largest religious community in Bihar.FAIR & FESTIVALS Bihar has an Hindu majority so Hindu festival are celebrated with great pleasure and enthusiasm.DUSSEHRA
- 13. NAGPANCHAMICHHATH PUJASONEPUR CATTLE FAIR
- 15. INDUSTRYBihar has a number of major public sector project like:-
- 16. oil refinery of indian oil corporation
- 17. Hindustan fertilizer corportation ltd (HPCL)
- 18. Cotton spinning mills at Siwan Food processing unit and vanaspati manufacturing unit at aurangabad and patna
- 19. AGRICULTURE The principal agricultural crops are:
- 20. oil seeds
- 21. rice
- 22. jute
- 23. wheat
- 24. The entire agriculture operation is divided into two crop Season Kharif and Rabi
- 26. TOURISM Bihar is one of the important places in the annals of Indian history.Martyrs memorialGolghar
- 27. Valmiki national parkArchaeological museumState museum
- 28. MEDIA IN BIHARBiharbandhu was the first Hindi newspaper published from Bihar. It was started in 1872 by Madan Mohan Bhatta.DainikJagran, Navbharat Times, Aaj, Hindustan Dainik and PrabhatKhabar are some of the popular Hindi news papers of Bihar. A monthly magazine named Bharat Ratna was started from patna in 1901.
- 29. E-papers, Bihar Times and Patna Daily have become very popular among the educated Biharis, specially the non-resident Biharis.
- 30. Jai Bihar is a similar e-paper, recently started by KunwarSanjeev Singh, is a huge hit among Biharis.
- 31. www.biharplus.in is a very new face of media in bihar, it operated from patna/new delhi. It almost cover every area of media, entertainment, business sections & Matrimonial from Bihar.CHIEF MINISTERShriNitish Kumar
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