Bindeshwari Dubey was a freedom fighter, trade unionist and politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar between 12 March 1985 and 13 February 1988.
Bhagraj Choudhary was the MLA from Ahore in the Jalore district in the Rajasthan state. 1
Rajgir Mahotsav or festival, formerly Rajgir Nritaya (Dance) Mahotsav, is a festival of dance and music. It is an annual three-day event in Rajgir, Bihar, India, that was first held in 1986. It is organized by the Nalanda district administration with the help of the Government of Bihar’s Department of Culture and Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation.
Baje Bhagat was an Indian litterateur, poet, ragni writer, saang artist and Haryanvi cultural show artist. He was born in Sisana, Rohtak District, Punjab(Now Sonipat District, Haryana).
Ajmal Sultanpuri was an Indian poet in Urdu language. He was a native of Harakhpur in Sultanpur District, Uttar Pradesh. In 1967, He was beaten by few village men because he was trying to protest against social discrimination. After that, he moved to Sultanpur and never went back to Harakhpur.
Hiralal Yadav was an Indian folk singer, who was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India in 2019. He was awarded the Yash Bharti Award in 2015.
Pankaj Prasun is a Hindi poet, satirist, humorist and author from India. He is known for his unique style and language of humorous Hindi poetry in India. His weekly column "Prasun Ke Punch" published in Navbharat Times news paper. He is in the organizing team committee in Lucknow Literary Festival.
Ram Lakhan Mahato was an Indian politician from Bihar belonging to Janata Dal (United). He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was a minister of the Government of Bihar too.
Aman Singh Gulati is an Indian visual artist. He paints artworks on multiple miniature objects including almonds, matchsticks etc. He achieved multiple national and international awards including multiple world records, including Guinness World Records. Some of Gulati's works promote various social causes. In 2019, he created a portrait of each of the 44 soldiers who died in the then-recent Pulwama attack.
Kalpnath Sonkar was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Basti twice, in 1980 from Congress party and again in 1989 from Janata Dal.
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was an Indian independence activist and politician from Nawada district in the state of Bihar. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly for two terms and he was a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council for one term. He joined the Communist Party in 1942 and went on to become the State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) as well as a member of its national Central Committee. He went to jail multiple times for a total of six years both before Independence and after due to his political participation. He was fondly called Ganeshda.
N.P. Choudhary was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress party. He represented Patan. He also served as a Rajya Sabha member continuously from 1968 to 1980. He represented the state of Madhya Pradesh. He served as a Mayor in Jabalpur Nagar Nigam.
R K Vij is a 1988 batch retired IPS Officer of the Chhattisgarh Cadre. He retired from the post of Director General of Police on December 31, 2021.
2021–2022 Language Movement in Jharkhand is a language movement organized on 2021 in Jharkhand, which is still going on in 2022. The people's demand was expressed to protect the local language and to prevent the aggression of other languages on the local language. Local language rights activists in Dhanbad and Bokaro protested against the inclusion of Bhojpuri, Magahi and Maithili languages in the state government's list of regional languages for Dhanbad and Bokaro, and launched a series of movements under the banner of Jharkhandi Bhasa Bachao Sangharsh Samiti. On 30 January 2022, Local language right activists making a 50- km long human chain from Telmachcho to Chandankiyari in Bokaro with intensely protests. The voice of the protesters on that day was "Bahari Bhasa Nei Chalto", means outsiders' languages will not work.
Sahani Upendra Pal Singh was an Indian writer. He was one of the prominent writers in the Nagpuri-language in the modern period. He translated "Ram Charit Manas" in Nagpuri. He wrote around 20 books in nagpuri. He was awarded "Jharkhand Ratna", "Praful Samman", "Seva Ratna" and "BCCL Koyal Bharti Rajbhasha award".
Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath was an Indian revolutionary and independence activist. He is known for the assassination attempt on the Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, by throwing a bomb at him during a procession in New Delhi.
Zia ur Rahman Barq is an Indian politician and Member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly since 10 March 2022 from Kundarki as Samajwadi Party candidate. He is the son of Mamluk Ur Rahman Barq and the grandson of Shafiqur Rahman Barq, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) from Sambhal.
Ram Charan Agarwal was an Indian politician and freedom fighter who served as Deputy Mayor of Delhi. He is the father of Jai Parkash Aggarwal.
Vidyakar Kavi was an Indian politician and social worker from Bihar. He was the former Education and Road Construction Minister of Bihar. He served as the president of the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. Kavi participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942 and started his career as a teacher. He served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council from 1957 to 1967 and later represented Alamnagar Assembly constituency from 1967 to 1977. Under his leadership, the education system of Bihar was strengthened. He died in 1986 due to cardiac arrest.
Sunil Kumar also called Sunil Kushwaha is a former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Sitamarhi Assembly constituency. He was elected to Bihar Assembly from this constituency in 2015 Bihar Assembly elections, as a candidate of Rashtriya Janata Dal. In this election, he defeated the second runner-up, Sunil Kumar Pintu of Bhartiya Janata Party. In the 2015 elections, Kumar secured 81,557 votes, and the margin of his victory was nine percent votes more than his opponent. In 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Kumar was pitted against Mithilesh Kumar of Bhartiya Janata Party; latter was able to defeat him with a margin of 11,475 votes. It was believed by the poll strategists that Kumar will get the votes from Other Backward Class and Muslims, while his opponent would be supported by Forward Castes. However, in the final counting of votes, Kumar was defeated.
