This is a list of notable people from Bihar, India .
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party |
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1 | Shri Krishna Sinha | 2 April 1946 | 31 January 1961 | ![]() |
2 | Deep Narayan Singh | 1 February 1961 | 18 February 1961 | ![]() |
3 | Binodanand Jha | 18 February 1961 | 2 October 1963 | ![]() |
4 | Krishana Ballabh Sahay | 2 October 1963 | 5 March 1967 | ![]() |
5 | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | 5 March 1967 | 28 January 1968 | Jana Kranti Dal1 |
6 | Satish Prasad Singh | 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 | ![]() |
7 | B. P. Mandal | 1 February 1968 | 2 March 1968 | ![]() |
8 | Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 22 March 1968 | 29 June 1968 | Indian National Congress (O) |
President's rule | 29 June 1968 | 26 February 1969 | ||
9 | Harihar Singh | 26 February 1969 | 22 June 1969 | Indian National Congress |
10 | Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 22 June 1969 | 4 July 1969 | Indian National Congress (O) |
President's rule | 6 July 1969 | 16 February 1970 | ||
11 | Daroga Prasad Rai | 16 February. 1970 | 22 December 1970 | Indian National Congress |
12 | Karpuri Thakur | 22 December 1970 | 2 June 1971 | Socialist Party |
13 | Bhola Paswan Shashtri | 2 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | Indian National Congress |
President's rule | 9 January 1972 | 19 March 1972 | ||
14 | Kedar Pandey | 19 March 1972 | 2 July 1973 | Indian National Congress |
15 | Abdul Gafoor | 2 July 1973 | 11 April 1975 | Indian National Congress |
16 | Jagannath Mishra | 11 April 1975 | 30 April 1977 | Indian National Congress |
President's rule | 30 April 1977 | 24 June 1977 | ||
17 | Karpuri Thakur | 24 June 1977 | 21 April 1979 | Janata Party |
18 | Ram Sunder Das | 21 April 1979 | 17 February 1980 | Janata Party |
President's rule | 17 February 1980 | 8 June 1980 | ||
19 | Jagannath Mishra | 8 June 1980 | 14 August 1983 | Indian National Congress (I) |
20 | Chandrashekhar Singh | 14 August 1983 | 12 March 1985 | Indian National Congress (I) |
21 | Bindeshwari Dubey | 12 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 | Indian National Congress (I) |
22 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | 14 February 1988 | 10 March 1989 | Indian National Congress (I) |
23 | Satyendra Narayan Singh | 11 March 1989 | 6 December 1989 | Indian National Congress (I) |
24 | Jagannath Mishra | 6 December 1989 | 10 March 1990 | Indian National Congress (I) |
25 | Laloo Prasad Yadav | 10 March 1990 | 3 March 1995 | ![]() |
26 | Laloo Prasad Yadav | 4 April 1995 | 25 July 1997 | ![]() |
27 | Rabri Devi | 25 July 1997 | 11 February 1999 | ![]() |
28 | Rabri Devi | 9 March 1999 | 2 March 2000 | ![]() |
29 | Nitish Kumar | 3 March 2000 | 10 March 2000 | |
30 | Rabri Devi | 11 March 2000 | 6 March 2005 | ![]() |
President's rule | 7 March 2005 | 24 November 2005 | ||
31 | Nitish Kumar | 24 November 2005 | 24 November 2010 | |
32 | Nitish Kumar | 26 November 2010 | 17 May 2014 [1] | |
33 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | 20 May 2014 | 22 Feb 2015 | |
34 | Nitish Kumar | 22 Feb 2015 [2] | Present [3] | |
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
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1 | Anugrah Narayan Sinha | 2 April 1946 | 5 July 1957 | ![]() |
2 | Karpoori Thakur | 5 March 1967 | 31 January 1968 | Socialist Party |
3 | Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav | 3 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | Indian National Congress |
4 | Sushil Kumar Modi | 24 Nov 2005 | 16 June 2013 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
5 | Tejashwi Yadav | 20 November 2015 | 26 July 2017 | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
6 | Sushil Kumar Modi | 27 July 2017 | 16 November 2020 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
7 | Tarkishore Prasad | 16 November 2020 | 9 August 2022 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
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8 | Tejashwi Yadav | 10 August 2022 | Incumbent | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
# | Political party | Member of Parliament |
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1 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Manoj Kumar Jha |
2 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Misa Bharti |
3 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Dr. Faiyaz Ahmad |
4 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Prem Chand Gupta |
5 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Amarendra Dhari Singh |
6 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Ahmad Ashfaque Karim |
7 | Janata Dal (United) | Harivansh Narayan Singh |
8 | Janata Dal (United) | Ram Nath Thakur |
9 | Janata Dal (United) | Khiru Mahto |
10 | Janata Dal (United) | Bashistha Narain Singh |
11 | Janata Dal (United) | Anil Hegde |
12 | Indian National Congress | Akhilesh Prasad Singh |
13 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vivek Thakur |
14 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sushil Kumar Modi |
15 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shambhu Sharan Patel |
16 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Satish Chandra Dubey |
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The list of political families of Bihar state of India:
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