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Bihar Day
Bihar Day
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Also called	Bihar Diwas, Bihar Sthapana Diwas
Observed by	Bihar, India
Type	State
Significance	Foundation day of Indian state Bihar
Begins	22 March 1912
Date	22 March
Next time	22 March 2025
Frequency	Annual

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Bihar Day (Bihar Diwas) is observed every year on March 22,^[1] marking the formation of the state of Bihar. On 22 March 1912, the Bihar and Orissa divisions of the Bengal Province were separated to form the Province of Bihar and Orissa in British India.^[2]^[3] The day is a public holiday in Bihar.^[4]

Bihar Day was started and celebrated on large scale by Bihar Government in the tenure of Nitish Kumar.^{[citation needed]} Apart from India, it is celebrated in countries including the United States, Germany,^[5] Britain (Scotland),^[6] Australia, Canada, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius.^[7]

List of Eastern South Asian states

Year of Formation	State/Province	Objective	Refugees (1951-1971)	Languages (2021)	Religions (2021)	Capital	Parent State/Province	Dominion/Union/Country
1912	Bihar and Orissa	Homeland for Biharis and Odias	-	Hindi (26%), Bhojpuri (25%), Maithili (13%), Magahi (11%)	Hinduism (81%), Islam (18%)	Patna	Created from Bengal	British India (now India)
1912	Assam	Homeland for Assamese	Pakistani Bengali Hindu Refugees (15%)	Bengali (58%), Assamese (22%)	Hinduism (55%), Islam (41%)	Gauhati (now Guwahati)	Created from Bengal	British India (now India)
1936	Orissa (now Odisha)	Homeland for Odias	-	Odia (82%)	Hinduism (93%)	Cuttack (in the year 1949, Bhubaneshwar became capital)	Created from Bihar and Orissa	British India (now India)
1947	East Bengal (in the year 1971, it became Bangladesh)	Homeland for Bengali Muslims	-	Bengali (98%)	Islam (92%)	Dacca (now Dhaka)	Created from Bengal	Pakistan
1947	West Bengal	Homeland for Bengali Hindus	Pakistani Bengali Hindu Refugees (25%)	Bengali (87%)	Hinduism (70%), Islam (29%)	Calcutta (now Kolkata)	Created from Bengal	India
2000	Jharkhand	Homeland for Adivasis	-	Magahi (28%), Hindi (22%), Bengali (10%)	Hinduism (68%), Islam (15%)	Ranchi	Created from Bihar	India

Observance

Every year the Government of Bihar issues a notification declaring the 22 March to be a public holiday to be celebrated as Bihar Day. This holiday applies to all the offices and companies under the jurisdiction of the State and central Government as well as Schools celebrate this day by organising various programmes participated by students.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "बिहार दिवस विशेष: ऐसे अस्तित्व में आया अपना बिहार, ...जानें". MPost. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "Stage set for 105th Bihar Diwas". The Times of India. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
^ "Bihar Diwas: Sunidhi Chauhan to perform at Gandhi Maidan on Mar 22". The Times of India. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
^ "Bihar Diwas marks public Holiday in Bihar". news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
^ "26 मई को जर्मनी में मनेगा बिहार दिवस, ...जानिए". Live Bihar News | लाइव बिहार न्यूज़ (in Hindi). 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "सात समंदर पार स्कॉटलैंड के पटना में कुछ इस तरह मनाया गया बिहार दिवस". Live Bihar News | लाइव बिहार न्यूज़ (in Hindi). 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ "Bihar Day to be celebrated in seven countries". news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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[1] "बिहार दिवस विशेष: ऐसे अस्तित्व में आया अपना बिहार, ...जानें". MPost. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[2] "Stage set for 105th Bihar Diwas". The Times of India. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[3] "Bihar Diwas: Sunidhi Chauhan to perform at Gandhi Maidan on Mar 22". The Times of India. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[4] "Bihar Diwas marks public Holiday in Bihar". news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[5] "26 मई को जर्मनी में मनेगा बिहार दिवस, ...जानिए". Live Bihar News | लाइव बिहार न्यूज़ (in Hindi). 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[6] "सात समंदर पार स्कॉटलैंड के पटना में कुछ इस तरह मनाया गया बिहार दिवस". Live Bihar News | लाइव बिहार न्यूज़ (in Hindi). 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[7] "Bihar Day to be celebrated in seven countries". news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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