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  2. Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 - Wikipedia

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    Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 was a law passed by the parliament of India in 2000. Loksabha and Rajya sabha passed the bill on 2 and 11 August respectively and on 15 November 2000, which enabled creation of Jharkhand State out of Bihar. [1] [2] [3] The law was introduced by the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee to fulfil an ...

  3. History of Jharkhand - Wikipedia

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    A prominent leader like Jaipal Singh Munda and Ram Narayan Singh demanded a separate state. In 1955, Jharkhand Party, led by Jaipal Singh Munda, submitted a memorandum to States Reorganization Commission for Jharkhand state for tribals, but it was rejected because the region had different languages, the tribals were in minority, Hindustani was ...

  4. Bihar and Orissa Province - Wikipedia

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    Bihar and Orissa was a province of British India, [1] which included the present-day Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and parts of Odisha.The territories were conquered by the British in the 18th and 19th centuries, and were governed by the then Indian Civil Service of the Bengal Presidency, the largest administrative subdivision in British India.

  5. Ninety-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    The new states Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were formed by the MP Reorganisation Act, 2000 and the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. As a consequence of the reorganisation of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, the whole of the scheduled area of Madhya Pradesh was transferred to Chhattisgarh. Therefore this amendment has substituted the word Bihar in ...

  6. Mithila State Movement - Wikipedia

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    After the separation of Jharkhand state, the former Advocate General of Bihar, former Chairperson of the Bihar Legislative Council and BJP leader Pt. Tarakant Jha, announced the movement for a separate Mithila state on 4 August 2004 in a press conference. In 2007 he started a signature campaign to demand the creation of a separate state of ...

  7. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Wikipedia

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    Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM; lit. ' Jharkhand Liberation Front ') is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. [8] Shibu Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state of Odisha and parts of neighbouring of states.

  8. Jharkhand - Wikipedia

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    Jharkhand (/ ˈ dʒ ɑːr k ə n d /; [8] Hindi: [d͡ʒʱɑːɾkʰəɳɖ]; lit. ' the land of forests ') is a state in eastern India. [9] The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south.

  9. Administration in Bihar - Wikipedia

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    Again West Bengal and East Bengal reunited in 1911 but the people of Bihar and Orrisa demanded a separate province based on language rather than religion. In 1912 Bihar and Orissa Province was created separating from Bengal Presidency. In 1936, Bihar and Orrisa Province divided into two new provinces: Bihar Province and Orissa Province.