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Bihar Province - Wikipedia

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Province of British India (1936–1947)

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.

In 1756, Bihar was part of Mughal Bengal Subah. After the victories of the East India Company at the Battle of Plassey (1757) and the Battle of Buxar (1764), Bengal fell into British influence and was administered as the Bengal Presidency. Orissa was annexed into the Bengal Presidency in 1803, after the third Second Anglo-Maratha War.[1][2]

On 22 March 1912, both Bihar and Orissa were separated from the Bengal Presidency and administered as the Bihar and Orissa Province.[3] On 1 April 1936, Bihar and Orissa became separate provinces.[4]

The Government of India Act 1935 provided for the election of a provincial legislative assembly and a responsible government. The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats in the 1937 Indian provincial elections but declined to form the government in Bihar. A minority government was formed under Muhammad Yunus of the Muslim Independent Party.[5] After the fall of the Yunus government in July 1937, Governor Maurice Garnier Hallett invited Shri Krishna Sinha of the Congress to form the government.

Minister Portfolio Muhammad Yunus Home and Education Ajit Prasad Singh Deo Local Self-Government (including Medical and Excise) Abdul Wahab Khan Finance and Irrigation Gur Sahay Lal Revenue and Development

In 1939, along with Congress ministries in other provinces, Sinha resigned in protest of the Governor-General Linlithgow's declaration of war on Germany without consulting with Indian leaders and Bihar came under Governor's Rule. The Indian National Congress won 1946 Indian provincial elections in Bihar and Sri Krishna Sinha was invited by Governor Thomas George Rutherford to form the first cabinet of Bihar. It consisted of the Chief Minister. Upon India's independence on 15 August 1947, Bihar Province became a part of independent India.[6]

25°36′N 85°06′E / 25.6°N 85.1°E / 25.6; 85.1


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