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Census of Bihar:- On 1st March, 2001, the state of Bihar, with an area of 94,163 sq kms approximately, had a Population of 8,28,78,796 persons. Till 1991 Census, the composite state of Bihar was the second most populous state in the country (containing slightly more than 10% of the country’s population), next only to Uttar … Read more
Freedom Movement in Bihar Bihar, the ancient land of Buddha, has witnessed golden period of Indian history. It is the same land where the seeds of the first republic were sown and which cultivated the first crop of Democracy. Such fertile is the Soil that has given birth to in numerous intellectuals which spread the … Read more
Former Princely States of Bihar and Zamindaris RAJPUT PRINCELY STATES & ZAMINDARI ESTATES IN BIHAR Before the Partition of India in 1947, hundreds (565) of Princely States, also called Native States, existed in India which were not fully and formally part of British India but enjoyed a British protectorate and indirect rule. These were the … Read more
Feudatory States in Bihar The Eastern States Agency was a grouping of princely states in eastern India, during the latter years of Britain′s Indian Empire. It was created in 1933, by the unification of the former Chhattisgarh States Agency and the Orissa States Agency; the agencies remained intact within the grouping. In 1936, the Bengal … Read more
Natural hazards and other related aspects of Bihar Major Natural hazards of Bihar state includes: Earthquake Floods Drought It also suffers from heat wave and cold wave. We will see about these one by one here: Earthquake Bihar is situated in the high seismic zone that falls on the limit … Read more
Bihar PUBLIC FINANCE and Fiscal Policy Basic Understanding of Public Finance Public finance as a concept may be understood on two levels – as a practical activity of all components of Public Administration and As a theoretical area. The term “public finance“ may be defined as the identification of specific financial relationships and functions running between public … Read more
Bihar Human Development index Human development is a process of enlarging people’s choices. But human development is also the objective, so it is both a process and an outcome. Human development implies that people must influence the processes that shape their lives. In all this, economic Growth is an important means to human development, but not … Read more
Fishing of Bihar Fish farming is an important and fast growing sector in Bihar. The economy of Bihar is mainly dependent on agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Biodiversity, but are biologically sensitive and fragile in nature. They are also the repositories of variety of freshwater food and ornamental fishes. The state has immense natural aquatic resources in … Read more
Migration of Bihar Human Migration, being the movement by people from one place to a different with the intention of subsiding quickly or for good within the new location, typically involves movements over long distances and from one country or region to a different. Migration is voluntary or involuntary. Involuntary migration includes the slave traffic, trafficking in people at large and group action. Migration is dependent on loads of things, as well as job handiness within the state. The source of current migration from state is copied back to the … Read more
Irrigation and Hydropower of Bihar Irrigation is being practiced there since past chemical analysis back to Kautilya, World Health Organization lived in Patliputra (now Patna), that was the capital of the mighty Mauryan empire (400 BC). Kautilya had ordered down the principles on Precipitation and irrigation in his renowned book Kautilya Arthasashtra. In Bihar the history … Read more