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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a law passed by the [[parliament of India]] in 2000. [[Loksabha]] and [[Rajya sabha]] passed the bill on 2 and 11 August respectively and on 15 November 2000, it gave birth to new State, Jharkhand.&amp;lt;ref name=a&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=The Unrest Axle: Ethno-social Movements in Eastern India edited by Gautam Kumar Bera|pages=60–61|isbn=9788183241458|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qrmTdshzKQC&amp;amp;q=Bihar+State+reorganization+bill&amp;amp;pg=PA60|last1=Bera|first1=Gautam Kumar|year=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It created the state of [[Jharkhand]] from a portion of [[Bihar]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot;&amp;gt;http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1054471/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/08/12/stories/01120008.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Parliament passes Jharkhand bill}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The law was introduced by the NDA government headed by [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] to fulfil an election promise.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Criticism ==&lt;br /&gt;
It was criticised by [[Arjun Munda]], as he thought it to be biased.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121011/jsp/frontpage/story_16077086.jsp|title = Opp. backs Munda on &amp;#039;unfair&amp;#039; Bihar law |date = 11 October 2012|access-date = 2015-12-01|via = http://www.telegraphindia.com/|newspaper = Telegraph India}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Definitions ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Article:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; means an article of the [[Constitution of india|Constitution]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Election Commission:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; means the Election Commission appointed by the [[President of india|President]] under article 324.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Important sections ==&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Section 113&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;: It states that here will be [[Jharkhand]] comprising the following districts of the existing State of Bihar-&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Bokaro district|Bokaro]]&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Chatra]]&lt;br /&gt;
** Deogarh&lt;br /&gt;
** Dhanbad&lt;br /&gt;
** Dumka&lt;br /&gt;
** Garhwa&lt;br /&gt;
** Giridih&lt;br /&gt;
** Godda&lt;br /&gt;
** Gumla&lt;br /&gt;
** Hazaribagh&lt;br /&gt;
** Kodarma&lt;br /&gt;
** Lohardaga &lt;br /&gt;
** Pakur&lt;br /&gt;
** Palamu&lt;br /&gt;
** Ranchi (the new capital)&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Sahebganj]] &lt;br /&gt;
** Singhbhum (East) &lt;br /&gt;
** Singhbhum (West)&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Acts of the Parliament of India 2000]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Vajpayee administration initiatives]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Reorganisation of Indian states]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:History of Bihar (1947–present)]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:History of Jharkhand (1947–present)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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