Sumitra Devi was an Indian National Congress politician from Bihar. She was first elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1952 from Jagdishpur. In 1963,she became the first woman cabinet minister of Bihar. She was also the first Bihari woman to become a cabinet minister in Government of India in 1977. Devi was born in Munger district on September 25,1922,and died on February 3,2001. She has served 4 times as MLA of Arrah from 1962 to 1969 and 1972 to 1980. Apart from this,she was also elected once from Piro Assembly constituency in 1957. In 1977,she participated in Indian General elections from Balia Lok Sabha constituency as an independent candidate,but she was defeated.
Mohammed Ziauddin Rizvi is an Indian politician. He is the Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Sikanderpur Assembly constituency. He had served as the Minister of Panchayati Raj in Samajwadi Party Government of Uttar Pradesh headed by Akhilesh Yadav. He got elected for the third term in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election succeeding Sanjay Yadav of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Jamuna Tudu is an Indian environmental activist. She and five other women prevented illegal felling of trees near her village and this later expanded into an organisation. She is called ‘Lady Tarzan’for taking on the Timber mafias and Naxals in Jharkhand.
Annpurna Devi Yadav is an Indian politician,who is the current Minister of State for Education in the Second Modi ministry. She is also a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Kodarma,Jharkhand in which she won the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is also one of the National Vice Presidents of BJP. Previously,she was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly,from Kodarma as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Krishna Kumar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Banmankhi in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is Minister of Tourism in Nitish Kumar cabinet from 2017.
Ashok Choudhary is an Indian politician from Barbigha Sheikhpura in Bihar,India. He has been a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council since 2014. Since June 2019,he is the Cabinet Minister for the Building Construction Department in the government led by Nitish Kumar. He previously was also Cabinet Minister for the Department of Education.
Dinesh Prasad also known as Dinesh Prasad Kushwaha is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was the member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Minapur Muzaffarpur 3 times. From 2008 to 2010 he also served as Bihar's irrigation minister.
Elections in India in 2023 were held in the Rajya Sabha,state legislative assemblies of nine states and several local bodies.
Aalok Shrivastav is an Indian poet,lyricist and journalist. His critically acclaimed works include Aameen (2007),a poetry collection and Afreen (2012),a story collection,both published by Rajkamal Prakashan. Aalok's works have won a number of accolades for his works,including the International Pushkin Award and Dushyant Kumar Award by Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi.
Mahendar Prasad Singh;popularly known as Mahendar Singh was an Indian communist politician and guerrilla leader. Mahendar Singh was three time winning legislative assembly member from Bagodar the state of Bihar,later the state of Jharkhand as member of CPIML Liberation.
Sanjay Nishad is an Indian politician serving as a cabinet minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry. He has been a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council since 2021. As a member of the Nishad caste,he founded the NISHAD Party in 2016.
Aklu Ram Mahto was an Indian politician from Jharkhand,who served as Minister for Finance and Institution in undivided Bihar. He was a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal,having served as important functionary in several other political parties in past. He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly via Bokaro constituency. He won the Bihar Assembly Election in 1995 securing 99,798 votes. Mahto won Vidhan Sabha elections in the year 1980 and 1995. He had contested Lok Sabha elections from Dhanbad on four occasions while from Giridih and Hazaribagh once. Mahto was also associated with the movement,which started on the question of including Manbhum in West Bengal. He was one of the prominent leader to voice support for the rights of displaced people,who needed rehabilitation after the establishment of Bokaro Steel Plant. For four decades,after coming into existence of Bokaro Assembly constituency in 1977,he remained pivotal in its politics.
Arvind Singh Bhadoria is an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has served as the Minister of Cooperative and Public Service Management in the Government of Madhya Pradesh since 2 July 2020. He was elected as a Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for a second term for the Ater constituency of Bhind district.
Nagpuri culture refers to the culture of the Nagpuria people,the native speakers of the Nagpuri language,which includes literature,festivals,folk song and dance. It is also referred to as the culture related to the Nagpuri language.
Kusum Devi is an Indian politician and widow of Subhash Singh who is serving in the 17th Bihar Assembly from Gopalganj Assembly constituency.
Usha Yadav is an Indian educationist,writer of contemporary Hindi literature,and recipient of the Padma Shri award. She has been a faculty member at Central Institute of Hindi,Agra,Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University,and Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi Institute of Hindi. She is the President of the Literary and Cultural Organization Indradhanush and Secretary of the Oriental Research Institute. She has been honored with over 10 major accolades,including the highest honour of children's literature,the Balsahitya Bharti by UP Hindi Sansthan,Lucknow. She has published more than a hundred books,out of which her novel 'Kahe Ri Nalini' was awarded the All India Veersingh Dev Award by Sahitya Academy,Madhya Pradesh. In 2021,she was honoured with the Padma Shri in the field of Hindi literature and education at the Rashtrapati Bhavan,New Dehli by the Government of India,which is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
Om Prakash Lal,popularly known as O.P Lal,was an Indian politician who served as a Cabinet Minister,Minister of State (MoS) with Independent Charges and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Vidhan Sabha of Government of Bihar. He represented the Baghmara constituency of Jharkhand,then part of undivided Bihar,for three consecutive terms from 1985 to 2000. Lal made significant contributions to the fields of Excise &Probation,Mines &Geology,Tourism,and Information Technology during his political career.
Dev Dyal Kushwaha was an Indian politician,who served as first agriculture minister for the state of Jharkhand,after its formation. He was appointed as Minister for Agriculture in first Jharkhand government,which was led by Babu Lal Marandi. Kushwaha was a leader of Bhartiya Janata Party,who represented Hazaribagh Sadar Assembly constituency as Member of Legislative Assembly for three times. Before joining active politics he was associated with pedagogy. Kushwaha won the assembly elections of 1990,1995 and 2000 from Hazaribagh Assembly constituency. Besides,Babu Lal Marandi's cabinet,he also served as a minister in Arjun Munda's cabinet. In 2005 Jharkhand Assembly elections,he was defeated by Saurabh Narain Singh—the grandson of Kamakhya Narain Singh.
Gayatri Devi Yadav was an Indian politician who was elected as a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Gobindpur constituency as well as Nawada constituency in several times from 1970 to 2005 from different parties.She entered in politics after her husband death,Son and daughter-in-law Purnima Yadav also elected as members of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Gobindpur constituency.
Hemant Meena is an Indian politician is currently serving Cabinet Minister as Revenue &Colonization Department in Government of Rajasthan. He is 16th,Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Pratapgarh. He is Member of Bhartiya Janta Party.
