Bihar Day: Difference between revisions

'''Bihar Day''' ('''Bihar Diwas''') is observed every year on March 22,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.livebiharnews.in/jara-hat-ke/bihar-do-you-know-first-name-of-the-state.html|title=बिहार दिवस: क्यों पड़ा "बिहार" नाम, ...जानें|date=2017-03-22|work=Live Bihar News {{!}} लाइव बिहार न्यूज़|access-date=2018-03-20|language=hi-IN}}</ref> marking the formation of the state of [[Bihar]]. It was on this day when the British carved out the state from Bengal in 1912.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/stage-set-for-105th-bihar-diwas/articleshow/57759419.cms|title=Stage set for 105th Bihar Diwas|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-diwas-sunidhi-chauhan-to-perform-at-gandhi-maidan-on-mar-22/articleshow/57597436.cms|title=Bihar Diwas: Sunidhi Chauhan to perform at Gandhi Maidan on Mar 22|url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2019}}</ref> The Day is a public holiday in Bihar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bihar Diwas marks public Holiday in Bihar|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2012/03/bihar-diwas-marks-public-holiday-in-bihar/|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=22 March 2014}}</ref>

Bihar Day was started and celebrated on large scale by Bihar Government in the tenure of [[Nitish Kumar]]. Apart from India, it is celebrated in countries including the [[United States]], [[Germany]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livebiharnews.in/news/bihar-diwas-to-be-celebrated-in-germany.html|title=26 मई को जर्मनी में मनेगा बिहार दिवस, ...जानिए|date=2018-03-30|website=Live Bihar News {{!}} लाइव बिहार न्यूज़|language=hi-IN|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref> [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Scotland]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.livebiharnews.in/news/bihar-diwas-celebrated-in-patna-of-scotland.html|title=सात समंदर पार स्कॉटलैंड के पटना में कुछ इस तरह मनाया गया बिहार दिवस|date=2018-03-21|work=Live Bihar News {{!}} लाइव बिहार न्यूज़|access-date=2018-03-21|language=hi-IN}}</ref> [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[Bahrain]], [[Qatar]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]] and [[Mauritius]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bihar Day to be celebrated in seven countries|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2011/03/bihar-day-to-be-celebrated-in-seven-countries/|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=22 March 2014}}</ref>