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Bihar -
India
Bihar बिहार, is a state of the
Indian union situated in central eastern India. Its capital is Patna.
To Bihar's north is the country of Nepal. On its other three sides
Bihar is surrounded by the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh to the
west, Jharkhand to the south and West Bengal to the east. Bihar lies
in the very fertile Indo-Gangetic Plain. Culturally, it is a part of
the Bhojpuri heartland of India. Bihar is also the birth place of
the first president of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad and legendary
freedom fighters like Babu Kunwar Singh, Swami Sahajanand Saraswati,
Basawon Singh (Sinha), Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha,Loknayak
Jayaprakash Narayan, Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha and Maulana Mazharul
Haque.
Bihar can be grouped into four regions
based on river boundaries. These four regions have very similar
languages - Angika, Bhojpuri, Magadhi and Maithili spoken in respective
regions. The languages are collectively known as 'Bihari' and are
decedents of the ancient language of Magadhi Prakrit, the language
spoken by the Buddha and the language of the ancient kingdom of Magadha.
Patna
| Sasaram | Bhagalpur
| Bihar Sharif |
Darbhanga | Gaya | Kaimur
| Muzaffarpur | Purnia
| Rajgir | Munger
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