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Definition of Bihar
1. Noun. A state of northeastern India.
Definition of Bihar
1. Proper noun. State in eastern India which has Patna as its capital. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bihar
Literary usage of Bihar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "Untouchables" by Smita Narula (1999)
"Since independence, Bihar has consistently ranked among the worst of India's
larger states in urbanization, production, and income; it has the highest ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. by William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain India Office (1908)
"The wages of skilled labour have increased by 1 1 per cent. in Bihar, ... In Bihar
each artisan takes his recognized share of grain when the crop has been ..."
3. Life of Warren Hastings, First Governor-general of India by George Bruce Malleson (1894)
"I STATED a few pages back that the hostilities caused by invasion of the province
of Bihar would be dealt with in this chapter. ..."
4. History of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858: Commencing from the Close of the by George Bruce Malleson (1878)
"In taking, then, a comprehensive glance at the province of Bihar at this particular
moment, we see, standing out from the mass, two prominent figures in ..."
5. The Indian Mutiny of 1857 by George Bruce Malleson (1898)
"In Eastern Bihar, presided over by a gentleman of marked energy of character, Mr
George Yule, ... But when Western Bihar, sympathising with the revolted ..."
6. India by Nelles Verlag Staff, Shalini Saran (1999)
"Bihar Bihar offers a wide variety of sights, but few amenities because its small
urban middle class has not yet severed its ties with the ancestral villages ..."
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