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Dariya Saheb (1674-1780 [1] [2] ), also Dariya Sahib, Dariya Das, Daryadas [3] and Bihar Wale was a Saint and Bhojpuri poet and the founder of Dariya or Dariyadasi sect. [4] [5] [6] He has written more than twenty Bhojpuri books out of which Gyan Dipak, and Dariya Sagar are most famous. Gyan Dipak is his brief autobiography. [7]
He was from Dharkhanda Village of Dinara in Shahabad district (presently Rohtas) of Bihar. [8]
Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region of India and the Terai region of Nepal. It is chiefly spoken in western Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh and northwestern Jharkhand. It is an eastern Indo Aryan language and as of 2000 is spoken by about 5% of India's population. It is sociolinguistically considered to be one of the seven main Hindi dialects.
Harihar Singh or Bihari Ji Singh (1925-1994) was an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. He succeeded Bhola Paswan Shashtri, as the Chief Minister of Bihar in 1969. Harihar Singh's tenure as Chief Minister lasted just a few months – he led an INC-led coalition government and all six members of Soshit Dal, a constituent party of the coalition, defected to the Opposition during a budget session of the Bihar Assembly.
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