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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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    In 1998, when the separate state movement was falling apart, Justice Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo had led the movement. In 1998, the Union government decided to send the Bill concerning formation of Jharkhand State to Bihar Legislative Assembly to which Lalu Prasad Yadav had said that the State would be divided over his dead body.

  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. 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.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Mithila (proposed Indian state) - Wikipedia

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    Mithila is a proposed state in India, comprising the Maithili speaking region of Bihar and Jharkhand. The Maithili language has own traditional script, known as Mithilakshar. It is part of the historical Mithila region. [1] The proposed state will also include Whole Angika and Bajjika speaking districts which are considered to be dialects of ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Chota Nagpur Division - Wikipedia

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    Chota Nagpur Division became part of the new province of Bihar and Orissa when it was created in 1912. In 1936 the province was split into the separate provinces of Bihar and Orissa , and the princely states were placed under the authority of the Eastern States Agency .