Lalu Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997),a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009),and a former Member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha.
Ram Vilas Paswan was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs,Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. Paswan was also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party,nine-times Lok Sabha member and two-time Rajya Sabha MP. He started his political career as member of Samyukta Socialist Party and was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1969. Later,Paswan joined Lok Dal upon its formation in 1974,and became its general secretary. He opposed the emergency,and was arrested during this period. He first entered the Lok Sabha in 1977,as a Janata Party member from Hajipur constituency,and was elected again in 1980,1989,1991,1996,1998,1999,2004 and 2014.
The Lok Janshakti Party was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar,India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. The party is factioned into two parties Lok Janshakti Party and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party.
Buta Singh was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Home Minister of India,Governor of Bihar and was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2007 to 2010.
Babu Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal was a scion of the erstwhile Murho Estate and an Indian politician who chaired the Mandal Commission. Mandal came from a rich Yadav landlord family from Madhepura in Northern Bihar. He served as the seventh Chief Minister of Bihar in 1968,but he resigned after 30 days. As a parliamentarian,he served as the chairman of the Second Backward Classes Commission,popularly known as the Mandal Commission. The commission's report mobilized a segment of the Indian population known as "Other Backward Classes" (OBCs) and initiated a fierce debate on policies related to underrepresented and underprivileged groups in Indian politics.
Jagjivan Ram,known popularly as Babuji,was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was instrumental in the foundation of the All India Depressed Classes League,an organisation dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables,in 1935 and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1937,after which he organised the rural labour movement.
Shri Krishna Singh (Sinha) (21 October 1887 –31 January 1961),also known as Shri Babu,was the first chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946–61). Except for the period of World War II,Sinha was the chief minister of Bihar from the time of the first Congress Ministry in 1937 until his death in 1961. Along with the Desh Ratna Rajendra Prasad and Bihar Vibhuti Anugrah Narayan Sinha (A.N. Sinha),Sinha is regarded among the 'Architects of Modern Bihar'. He also led the Dalit entry into the Baidyanath Dham temple (Vaidyanath Temple,Deoghar),which reflected his commitment towards the upliftment and social empowerment of the Dalits. He was the first chief minister in the country to abolish the zamindari system. He underwent different terms of imprisonment for a total of about eight years in British India. Sinha's mass meetings brought hordes of people to hear him. He was known as Bihar Kesari for his lionlike roars when he rose to address the masses. His close friend and eminent Gandhian Bihar Vibhuti A.N. Sinha in his essay Mere Shri Babu wrote that,"Since 1921,the History of Bihar has been the history of the life of Shri Babu".
Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician who is serving as 22nd Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015,having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest serving chief minister,and also holding the post for 9th term.
Satyendra Narayan Sinha was an Indian politician and statesman,participant in the Indian independence movement,a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘complete revolution’movement during the Emergency and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Affectionately called Chhote Saheb,he was also a seven-time Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad constituency,a three-term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly,and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council once. Regarded to be one of India's most influential regional people of the time,his reputation was synonymous with being a strict disciplinarian and tough taskmaster.
Karpoori Thakur was an Indian politician who served two terms as the 11th Chief Minister of Bihar,first from December 1970 to June 1971,and then from June 1977 to April 1979. He was popularly known as Jan Nayak. On 26 January 2024,he was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian honour,the Bharat Ratna,by the Government of India. This was announced by the President of India Draupadi Murmu on 23 January 2024.
Bhumihar,also locally called Bhuinhar and Babhan,is a Hindu caste mainly found in Bihar,the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh,Jharkhand,the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh,and Nepal.
The politics of Bihar,an eastern state of India,is dominated by regional political parties. As of 2021,the main political groups are Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Janata Dal (United) (JDU),Indian National Congress (INC),Left Front,Lok Janshakti Party (LJP),Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). There are also some smaller regional parties,including Samata Party,Hindustani Awam Morcha,Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal,Jan Adhikar Party and Vikassheel Insaan Party,Lok Janshakti Party and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party,which play a vital role in politics of state. As of 2022,Bihar is currently ruled by Mahagatbandhan (Grandalliance) coalition.
Ram Sundar Das was an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from Hajipur constituency.
The Paswan,also known as Dusadh,are a Dalit community from eastern India. They are found mainly in the states of Bihar,Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. The Urdu word Paswan means bodyguard or "one who defends". The origin of the word,per the belief of the community,lies in their participation in the battle against Siraj-ud-daulah,the Nawab of Bengal at the behest of British East India Company,after which they were rewarded with the post of Chowkidars and lathi wielding tax collector for the Zamindars. They follow certain rituals such as walking on fire to assert their valour.
Chhedi Paswan is a former member of 16th Lok Sabha and a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He represents the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2014. At various points,he has been with Janata Party,then its Charan Singh faction,then the reunited Janata Dal,Bahujan Samaj Party,Nationalist Congress Party,Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD and Nitish Kumar's JD(U).
The Legislative Assembly election was held over five phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015.
Dalits in Bihar are a social group composed of many Scheduled Castes,placed at the bottom of the "caste-based social order". The Dalits also include some of the erstwhile untouchable castes,who suffered various forms of oppression in the feudal-agrarian society of Bihar. Some of the Dalit castes have specific cultural practices,which differ from those of orthodox Hinduism.
Khaderan Singh,also known as Khaderan Babu,was an Indian politician,Indian freedom fighter,philanthropist,social reformer,advocate,and former minister in the Bihar government. He was elected two times as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Bikram Vidhan Sabha constituency from 1969 to 1972 and 1972 to 1974.
