| Bihar Province | |||||||||||
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| Province of British India | |||||||||||
| 1936–1947 | |||||||||||
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Bihar Province in a 1940 map of British India | |||||||||||
| Capital | Patna | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Bifurcation of Bihar and Orissa Province | 1936 | ||||||||||
| 1947 | |||||||||||
• Bifurcation of Bihar state | 2000 | ||||||||||
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| History of Bihar |
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Ancient History Prehistoric and Vedic Era
Urbanisation and Shramana
Imperial Magadha
Post-Mauryan and Smriti
The Interregnum
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Classical and medieval The Classical Age
Early Medieval
Pala Era and Feudatories
Medieval Mithila
Islamic Incursions
Centers of Learning
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Early-modern Afghan and Mughal Rule
Regional Chieftaincies
Major Zamindari Estates
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Colonial & Independence Era Colonial Rule (1764–1947)
Freedom Struggle
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Modern Era (Post-1947) Congress Era (1947–1967)
Socialist and JP Era (1967–1989)
RJD Era (1990–2005)
State Division (2000)
NDA Era (2005–Present)
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Culture, art, and society Art and architecture
Society and language
Religion
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Bihar Province was a province of British India, created in 1936 by the partition of the Bihar and Orissa Province. It consisted the modern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand.