Incredible Bihar
BIHAR DIWAS
Hearty congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of #bihardivas. The history of Bihar is glorious and we are currently preparing the glorious future of Bihar with our determination. I call upon all of you to participate in realizing the dream of a developed state. Together we will increase the pride of Bihar.- NITISH KUMAR
- state:- Bihar
- capital:- Patna
- area:- 94,163 km²
- languages:- Maithili, Bhojpuri, and Magadhi
Bhikari Thakur is known as the “Shakespeare of Bhojpuri”.
The state was known as Magadha in ancient times
The state was formed on 22 March 1912. On this occasion, the state celebrates BiharDay every year on this day. On this day in 1912, State got the status of an independent state by separating from Bengal. 111 years have been completed since the formation of Bihar.
The British government had given independent state status to Bihar
For self-convenience during British rule, they separated Bihar from Bengal’s presidency. Britishers divided the state into five divisions too. The five divisions were Bhagalpur, Patna, Tirhut, Chhotanagpur, and Orissa. Odisha/Orissa had also been separated from the Bihar province on 1 April 1936.
The last bifurcation of Bihar took place in 2000 when Jharkhand state was formed by merging 18 southern districts of Bihar on 15 November 2000. it has geographical area of about 94.2 thousand square km is divided by the river Ganges into two parts, the north part with an area of 53.3 thousand square km and the south Bihar having an area of 40.9 thousand square km.
key facts about Bihar
- The word ‘Bihar’ is originally derived from the Sanskrit and Pali word ‘Vihara’ meaning abode
- Home to the Greatest Emperors!- Famous Indian emperors Chandragupta Maurya, Samudragupta, Vikram Aditya, and Ashoka the Great were from Magadha.
- The idea of non-violence: the great and world-famous idea of nonviolence also originated in Bihar around 2650 years ago. Lord Buddha & Lord Mahavira sent this message all over the world.
- Mother of two religions: It is the origin of two world-famous religions and those are Buddhism & Jainism.
- world’s oldest university for top-class education: unfortunately Nalanda library was laid on fire by the army of Bakhtiyar Khilji, it was said that books in the library continued burning for 6 months. the library had more than 90,00,000 Manuscripts.
- birthplace of Aryabhatta: the person who gave “ZERO” to the world was also from this state. the Trigonometric rules were also generated from Magadha.
- birthplace of the first Indian president Dr. Rajendra Prasad and is also the land of prominent political figures.
- First Republic of the world: Vaishali became a republic in the 6th century BC. Vaishali is also the birthplace of Lord Mahavira.
- Jhumar is a traditional folk dance of Bihar.
- Songs like Fagua, Chaita, Kajri, Hindola, Chaturmasa and Barhamasa etc. are called seasonal songs. Kajri is an important song style in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Principles of Jainism
1. The doctrine revolves around five concepts: Truth; Ahimsa, Aparigraha, Asta, and Brahmacharya.
2. Salvation can be attained by purification of the soul through severe penance and practice of the Triratnas.
3. According to the neologism of Jainism, reality can be approached from different viewpoints, hence they are relative and knowledge cannot be absolute.
Brihadratha dynasty
Brihadratha was one of the earliest known kings of Magadha and his name finds mentioned in the Rigveda as well. According to the Mahabharata and the Puranas, Brihadratha was the youngest son of the Kuru king Vasu of Chedi. The famous king of this dynasty was Jarasangha.
Mauryan Empire
The Maurya period showed development in every sphere of existence of mankind, be it social, political, cultural, religious, or economic. It was a geographically extensive, powerful, and political-military empire of ancient India. Pataliputra, the capital of this empire. Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara, and Ashoka became great rulers of this empire.
Glimpse of Bihar
Famous personalities from Bihar
Writers
- Tabish Khair
- Nagarjuna
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
- Gopal Singh Nepali
- Vidyapati
- Mridula Sinha
- Siddhartha Chowdhury
- Ramesh Chandra Jha
Freedom fighters
- Babu Kunwar Singh.
- Rajendra Prasad.
- Chandradeo Prasad Verma.
- Sri Krishna Singh.
- Anugrah Narayan Sinha.
- Jayaprakash Narayan.
- Jagjivan Ram.
- Ram Subhag Singh.
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