Bihar
Bihar Diwas 2026
- 24 Mar 2026
- 3 min read
Why in News?
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the Bihar Diwas 2026 celebrations, marking the 114th foundation day of the state on 22nd March 2026.
Key Points
- Theme: Unnat Bihar, Ujjwal Bihar (Advanced Bihar, Bright Bihar).
- Bihar Diwas is celebrated from March 22–24 in 2026 with statewide events.
- History of Bihar Day:
- Viceroy Lord Hardinge made the final formal proclamation regarding the creation of the province of Bihar and Orissa with its boundaries, through the Government of India Act, 1912.
- Later, the province of Bihar, after separation from Orissa in 1936, consisted of four divisions –Bhagalpur, Patna, Tirhut and Chota Nagpur.
- Their respective districts were: Bhagalpur –Bhagalpur, Munger, Purnia, Santhal Parganas; Patna – Patna, Gaya and Shahabad; Tirhut – Champaran, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Saran; and Chota Nagpur – Hazaribagh, Manbhum, Palamau, and Ranchi.
- In 2000, a new state 'Jharkhand' was established, separate from Bihar.
- Bihar’s Cultural History:
- The name of this state has been mentioned even the old epics, Vedas, Purans. It was the main scene of activities of Buddha and 24 Tirthankars of Jains.
- Bihar's capital Patna, in that period known as Patliputra was the capital of famous rulers of ancient India like Maurya emperors, Imperial Guptas. Great rulers of the State before the Christian era were Bimbisar, Udayin, Chandragupta Maurya, Emperor Ashoka, Kanishka, Chandragupta, Samudragupta, Vikramaditya etc.
- The famous poet Kalidas lived in the reign of Gupta emperors. During the medieval period Muslim conquered this state. The first Muslim ruler was Mohammed-bin-Bakhtiar Khalji. The Khaljis are followed by Tughlaks and then by Mughals.
- In the Mughal reign, famous ruler Sher Shah Suri conquered this state and ruled it for a little period of about 4 years.
- The tenth Guru of the Sikh community Gobind Singh, who created Khalsa and defended the people of North from Muslim rulers of Delhi was born here.
- The name of this state has been mentioned even the old epics, Vedas, Purans. It was the main scene of activities of Buddha and 24 Tirthankars of Jains.
- Achievements of Bihar:
- Bihar continues to be the world leader in makhana production, contributing approximately 90% of the global supply of this prized aquatic crop.
- Bihar was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2025 ET Government Digitech Awards for its Smart Prepaid Meter initiative and the ‘Bihar Krishi’ mobile app.
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