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Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"),abbreviated as JD(U),is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar and Manipur and is a part of government in both the states. JD(U) heads the government in Bihar and is part of the NDA government in Manipur. JD(U) won 12 seats in the 2024 Indian general election,making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha. JD(U) states that they believe in promoting social justice and lifting up marginalized peoples.
Bihar is a state in Eastern India. It is the third largest state by population,the 12th largest by area,and the 15th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west,Nepal to the north,the northern part of West Bengal to the east,and Jharkhand to the south. Bihar is split by the river Ganges,which flows from west to east. On 15 November 2000,southern Bihar was ceded to form the new state of Jharkhand. Only 11.27% of the population of Bihar lives in urban areas as per a 2020 report. Additionally,almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25,giving Bihar the highest proportion of young people of any Indian state. The official language is Hindi,which shares official status alongside that of Urdu. The main native languages are Maithili,Magahi and Bhojpuri. But there are several other languages being spoken at smaller levels.
Jyoti Kumar Sinha was born in Patna,Bihar. He served as Director General of Central Reserve Police Force and later as Member of the National Disaster Management Authority and RAW chief. He is a Bihar cadre Indian Police Service officer of the 1967 batch.
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.
Rajendra Prasad was an Indian politician,lawyer,journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1952 to 1962. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar. A supporter of Mahatma Gandhi,Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the Salt Satyagraha of 1930 and the Quit India movement of 1942. After the constituent assembly 1946 elections,Prasad served as 1st Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government from 1947 to 1948. Upon independence in 1947,Prasad was elected as President of the Constituent Assembly of India,which prepared the Constitution of India and which served as its provisional Parliament.
Shatrughan Prasad Sinha is an Indian actor and politician. He is a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Asansol constituency as a member of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). Earlier he was elected as Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Patna Sahib. He was also a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha during 1996–2002 and 2002–2008. He was a Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He was a member of standing committee on transport,tourism and culture and member of consultative committee in ministry of external affairs and overseas Indian affairs from 2014 to 2019. In 2016,his biography,Anything but Khamosh,was released.
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). He was the first chief minister in the country to abolish the zamindari system. He underwent terms of imprisonment for a total of about eight years in British India. Sinha's mass meetings brought many people to hear him. He was known as Bihar Kesari for his "lionlike roars" in public speaking. His close friend and 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". The 'Bihar Kesari' never visited his constituency to ask for votes as he believed that his work will speak for him.
Sushil Kumar Modi was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He was a Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar as well as the Finance Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He was a lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was appointed the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for the Implementation of Goods and Service Tax in July 2011.
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is an Indian politician and a member of the Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is one of the national spokespersons of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Hussain was the Minister of Textiles and the Minister Civil Aviation in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He has been the Minister of Industries of the Government of Bihar from 9 February 2021 to 9 August 2022.
Zafar Iqbal is a former Indian field hockey player and captain of the India national team.
Yogendra Shukla was an Indian nationalist and freedom fighter,notable for his contributions in the state of Bihar. He was incarcerated in the Cellular Jail,also known as Kala Pani,and was a founding member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). Shukla,in collaboration with Basawon Singh (Sinha),was also instrumental in establishing the Congress Socialist Party in Bihar.
Syed Hasan Imam was an Indian politician who served as the President of the Indian National Congress and was elected in September 1918.
The Bihar Legislative Assembly also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. The first state elections were held in 1952.
Kunwar Singh,also known as Babu Kunwar Singh was a chief organiser of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 from the Bhojpur region of Bihar. He was originally the ruler of Jagdishpur estate. He led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the British East India Company.
Bihar has produced a number of poets and writers in its languages like Bhojpuri Maithili language,Magahi language,Angika and Bajjika including Bhikhari Thakur,Heera Dom,Viveki Rai,Satishwar Sahay Verma,Pandey Kapil etc. are writers of Bhojpuri,Vidyapati in Maithili. Besides its regional languages,Bihar has also produced writers in English such as Raj Kamal Jha,Amitava Kumar,Tabish Khair,Abdullah Khan,Abhay K,Siddhartha Chowdhury;and Hindi including Raja Radhika Raman Prasad Sinha,Acharya Ramlochan Saran,Acharya Shivpujan Sahay,Divakar Prasad Vidyarthy,Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar',Ram Briksh Benipuri,Phanishwar Nath 'Renu',Gopal Singh "Nepali",Ramesh Chandra Jha and Baba Nagarjun. Writer and Buddhist scholar Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan was born in Uttar Pradesh but spent his life in the land of Buddha,i.e.,Bihar.
Siyaram Tiwari was an Indian classical singer and leading exponent of Dhrupad-genre of Hindustani classical music. He belonged to the Darbhanga gharana and was based in Patna. Though Darbhanga gharana is known for its laykari techniques,he was the first exponent of the gharana to promote fast-paced laykari in Dhrupad,which developed in the second half of 20th-century.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer who served as the 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar from 10 August 2022 to 28 January 2024.
Dr. Shailendra Nath Shrivastava was an Indian essayist and poet,who wrote in Hindi,English and Bhojpuri. His body of work comprised over 100 publication of books like poetry,biographies,essays,Literary criticism etc. he also featured in more than 120 programs/broadcast of All India Radio / Doordarshan Patna and Delhi branch. He visited many foreign countries such as England,Scotland,Wales,France,Germany,Holland,Mauritius and Nepal. He was former Indian politician from Bihar born at Chausa,Bhojpur district. In 1980 he was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly and in 1989,he was elected to Lok Sabha from Patna constituency of Bihar. He was a recipient of the civilian honor of Padma Shri (2003).
Shishupal Ram was an Indian pediatrician. Born in the Indian state of Bihar,he was a graduate of the Patna Medical College. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983. He died on 29 October 2011 at the age of 84.
Indu Bhushan Sinha was an Indian nephrologist and medical academic from the Indian state of Bihar. He is a former professor and head of the department of nephrology at Patna Medical College and Hospital. He has served as the editor of The Patna Journal of Medicine of the Indian Medical Association (1986–89) and is a life member of the Indian Society of Nephrology. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri,in 2008,for his contributions to medical science.
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