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{{Short description|Notable people from Bihar}}
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This is a '''list of notable people from [[Bihar]], [[India]]'''.
{{Dynamic list}}
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This is a '''list of notable people from [[Bihar]], [[India]]'''.
==Ancient==
[[File:2016 Singapur, Rochor, Świątynia Sri Krishnan (21).jpg|thumb|Sita]]
* [[Ajatashatru]]
[[File:Mahavir.jpg|thumb|Lord Mahavir]]
* [[Bindusara]]
[[File:Bodh-Gaya.jpg|thumb|Lord Buddha]]
* [[Brihadratha Maurya]]
[[File:Chandragupt maurya Birla mandir 6 dec 2009 (31) (cropped).JPG|thumb|Chandragupta Maurya]]
* [[Chandragupta I]]
 
* [[Dhana Nanda]]
== Deities and avatars ==
* [[Dasharatha Maurya]]
* [[Sita]]
* [[Devavarman]]
* [[Vimalakirti]]
* [[Guru Gobind Singh]]  
* [[Janaka]]
* [[Janaka]]
* [[The Buddha]]
* [[Mahavira|Lord Mahavira]]
* [[Mahavira]]
* [[Shalishuka]]
* [[Mallinatha]]
* [[Shatadhanvan]]
* [[Munisuvrata]]
* [[Samprati]]
* [[Naminatha]]
* [[Sita]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/546790/Sitamarhi | title=Sitamarhi | publisher=Britannica | access-date=30 January 2015 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427100105/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/546790/Sitamarhi | archive-date=27 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://sitamarhi.bih.nic.in/profile/index.htm | title=History of Sitamarhi | publisher=Official site of Sitamarhi district | access-date=30 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220171523/http://sitamarhi.bih.nic.in/profile/index.htm | archive-date=20 December 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Vasupujya]]
* [[Aryabhata]]
[[File:Samrat Ashoka.jpg|thumb|Samrat Ashoka]]
* [[Ashoka]]
[[File:Chanakya artistic depiction.jpg|thumb|Chanakya]]
* [[Chanakya]]
* [[Chandragupta Maurya]]
* [[Gonu Jha]]
* [[Samudragupta]]
* [[Sher Shah Suri]]
* [[Vātsyāyana]]
* [[Veer Kunwar Singh]]


== Ancient ==
==Nationalists and independence activists==
* [[Ajatashatru]] – King of [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)|Magadha]]
[[File:Kunwarsingh.jpg|thumb|150px|Portrait of Veer [[Kunwar Singh]]]]
* [[Dhana Nanda]] – Last [[Nanda Empire|Nanda]] king
* [[Chandragupta Maurya]] – Founder of [[Maurya]] Empire
* [[Bindusara]] – Chandragupta's son
* [[Ashoka]] – Great Mauryan emperor
* [[Dasharatha Maurya]] – Ashoka's grandfather
* [[Samprati]] – Buddhist patron
* [[Shalishuka]] – Known for conflicts
* [[Devavarman (Maurya)|Devavarman]] – Mauryan ruler
* [[Shatadhanvan]] – Contemporary of Ashoka
* [[Brihadratha Maurya]] – Last Mauryan king
* [[Aryabhata]] – Ancient mathematician
* [[Samudragupta]] – Conqueror and ruler
* [[Chandragupta I]] – Established [[Gupta Empire]]
* [[Chanakya]] – Political strategist
* [[Vātsyāyana]] – Author of [[Kamasutra]]
 
==Medieval rulers==
* [[Gangadeva]] - second king of the [[Karnats of Mithila]]
* [[Narsimhadeva]] - third king of the [[Karnats of Mithila]]
* [[Ramasimhadeva]] - fourth king of the [[Karnats of Mithila]]
* [[Harisimhadeva]] - final ruler of the Karnat dynasty
* [[Shri Pratapa]] - ruler of the [[Khayaravala dynasty]]
* [[Mahasenagupta]] - king belonging to the [[Later Gupta dynasty]]
* [[Sher Shah Suri]] – Padishāh of the [[Sur Empire]]
 
==Buddhist figures==
{{See also|Nalanda#Notable scholars|Vikramashila#Notable scholars}}
*
* [[Śāriputra]] - one of the Buddha's ten principle disciples
* [[Maudgalyayana]] - one of the Buddha's ten principle disciples
* [[Mahākāśyapa]] - one of the Buddha's ten principle disciples
* [[Ratnākaraśānti]] - 11th century Buddhist philosopher
* [[Maitripada]] - 11th century [[Mahasiddha]]
* [[Prabhakāramitra]] - 7th century monk and translator active in China
* [[Dhyānabhadra]] - 14th century monk and translator active in Korea
* [[Śāriputra (15th-century)|Śāriputra]] - 15th century monk and translator active in China
 
== Sufi saints ==
* [[Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri]]
* [[Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri]]
* [[Makhdoom Shah Muhammad Munim Pak]]
* [[Ata Hussain Fani Chishti]]
* [[Khwaja Abdullah Chishti]]
* [[Ibrahim Yukpasi]]


==Nationalists and independence activists==
[[File:Seewoosagur Ramgoolam - David Ben Gurion 1962.jpg|thumb|150px|Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the son of a Bihari immigrant, with [[David Ben Gurion]] at [[Lod airport]], Israel, in 1962]]
[[File:Kunwarsingh.jpg|thumb|310x310px|Portrait of Veer [[Kunwar Singh]]]]
[[File:Maghfoor Ajazi.jpg|thumb|318x318px|[[Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi]]]]
[[File:Seewoosagur Ramgoolam - David Ben Gurion 1962.jpg|thumb|329x329px|Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the son of a Bihari immigrant, with [[David Ben Gurion]] at [[Lod airport]], Israel, in 1962]]
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* [[Ajit Kumar Mehta]]
 
* [[Babu Kunwar Singh]]
* [[Babu Kunwar Singh]]
* [[Mahendra Gop]]
* Ranjeet Ahir
* [[Rajendra Prasad]]
* [[Rajendra Prasad]]
* [[:simple:Ranjit Singh Yadav|Ranjit Singh Yadav]]
* Sri Krishna Singh
* [[Rash Bihari Lal Mandal]]
* [[Chandradeo Prasad Verma]]
* [[Sri Krishna Singh]]
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
* [[Jagjivan Ram]]
* [[Jagjivan Ram]]
* [[Jubba Sahni]]
* [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
* [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
* [[Kameshwar Singh]]
* [[Kameshwar Singh]]  
* [https://amritkaal.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?30200 Kameshwari Devi]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of India |title=Kameshwari Devi |url=https://amritkaal.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?30200 |website=Digital District Repository}}</ref>
* Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
* [[Upendra Nath Verma]]
* [[Swami Sahajanand Saraswati]]
* [[Syed Hasan Imam]]
* [[Syed Hasan Imam]]
* [[Baikuntha Shukla]]
* [[Baikuntha Shukla]]
* [[Karyanand Sharma]]
* [[Karyanand Sharma]]
* [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]]
* [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]]
* [[Satyendra Narayan Singh]]
* Satyendra Narayan Singh
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
* [[Basawon Singh (Sinha)]]
* Basawon Singh (Sinha)
* [[Yamuna Karjee]]
* [[Yamuna Karjee]]
* [[Yogendra Shukla]]
* [[Yogendra Shukla]]
* [[Sheel Bhadra Yagee]]
* Sheel Bhadra Yagee
* [[Yadunandan Sharma]]
* [[Yadunandan Sharma]]
* [[Rambriksh Benipuri]]
* [[Rambriksh Benipuri]]
* [[Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha)]]
* [[Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha)]]
* [[Ram Narain Sharma]]
* Ram Narain Sharma
* [[Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi]]
* [[Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi]]
* [[Radhanandan Jha]]
* [[Radhanandan Jha]]
* [[Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]]
* Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
* [[Babu Amar Singh]]
* [[Yadunandan Sharma]]
* [[Shashi Prasad Singh]] (died 1942), General Secretary of Bhagalpur District Congress Committee and martyr of the [[Quit India Movement]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Indian Council of Historical Research |title=Dictionary of Martyrs: India's Freedom Struggle (1857-1947) |publisher=Ministry of Culture, Government of India |year=2018 |volume=4 |page=376}}</ref>
* Babu Amar Singh
* Ramphal Mandal


==Writers and scholars==
==Writers and scholars==
[[File:Satyapal chandra.jpg|thumb|[[Satyapal Chandra]] (noted author, entrepreneur)]]
[[File:Irshadandyaseendpf01.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Yaseen Anwer]] discussing poetry with renowned Bollywood lyricist [[Irshad Kamil]] at [[Delhi Poetry Festival]], 2013]]
[[File:Balmiki Prasad Singh.jpg|thumb|Balmiki Prasad Singh]]
[[File:Satyapal chandra.jpg|thumb|[[Satyapal Chandra]] (Noted Author, Entrepreneur)]]
* [[Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura]]
[[File:R.C.Jha.jpg|thumb|Ramesh Chandra Jha (poet, novelist, journalist, freedom fighter)]]
*[[Prem Kumar Mani]]
 
* [[Syed Hasan (writer)|Syed Hasan]]
* [[Syed Hasan (writer)|Syed Hasan]]
* [[Abdul Qavi Desnavi]]
* [[Abdul Qavi Desnavi]]
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* [[Gopal Singh Nepali]]
* [[Gopal Singh Nepali]]
* [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]]
* [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]]
* [[Binod Bihari Verma]]
* [[Acharya Rameshwar Jha]]
* [[Acharya Rameshwar Jha]]
* [[Nagarjun]]
* [[Nagarjun]]
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* [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]]
* [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]]
* [[Amitava Kumar]]
* [[Amitava Kumar]]
* [[Sanjeev K Jha]]
* [[Hetukar Jha]]
* [[Hetukar Jha]]
* [[Phanishwar Nath Renu]]
* [[Phanishwar Nath Renu]]
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==Journalists==
==Journalists==
{{see also|Category:Journalists from Bihar}}
[[File:M. J. Akbar.jpg|thumb|M. J. Akbar, journalist]]
* [[Ajit Anjum]]
 
* [[M. J. Akbar]]
* [[M. J. Akbar]]
* [[Anuranjan Jha]]
* [[Anuranjan Jha]]
* [[Ravish Kumar]]
* [[Ravish Kumar]]
* [[Ravindra Kishore Sinha]]
* [[Sweta Singh]]
* [[Manoj Bhawuk]]
* [[Manoj Bhawuk]]
* [[Nivedita Jha]]
* [[Vikas Kumar Jha]]
* [[Vikas Kumar Jha]]
* [[Arvind Narayan Das]]
* [[Arvind Narayan Das]]
* [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Amarendra-Jha-1169.cms Dr. Amarendra Jha]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amarendra Jha: Read Latest News from Amarendra Jha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Amarendra-Jha-1169.cms |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>


==Authors==
==Authors==


[[File:Statue of Maha Kavi Kokil Vidyapati.jpg|thumb|Statue of Maha Kavi Kokil Vidyapati]]
===Hindi===
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Bhikhari Thakur]]
|+ Authors by Language
* [[Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar']]
|-
* [[Rambriksh Benipuri]]
! Language !! Authors
* [[Gopal Singh Nepali]]
|-
* [[Phanishwar Nath Renu]]
| Hindi ||
* [[Shankar Dayal Singh]]
* [[Bhikhari Thakur]]  
* [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]]
* [[Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar']]  
* [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]
* [[Rambriksh Benipuri]]  
* [[Kalanath Mishra]]
* [[Gopal Singh Nepali]]  
* [[Phanishwar Nath Renu]]  
* [[Shankar Dayal Singh]]  
* [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]]  
* [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]  
* [[Kalanath Mishra]]  
* [[Nawal Kishore Dhawal]]
* [[Nawal Kishore Dhawal]]
|-
 
| Maithili ||
===Maithili===
* [[Vidyapati]]  
* [[Vidyapati]]
* [[Nagarjun]]
* [[Nagarjun]]
|-
 
| Bhojpuri ||
=== Bhojpuri ===
* [[Avinash Chandra Vidyarthi]]  
*[[Avinash Chandra Vidyarthi]]
* [[Bhikhari Thakur]]  
* [[Bhikhari Thakur]]
* [[Dharni Das]]  
* [[Dharni Das]]
* [[Harihar Singh]]  
*[[Harihar Singh]]
* [[Heera Dom]]  
* [[Heera Dom]]
* [[Mahendar Misir]]  
*[[Mahendar Misir]]
* [[Manoranjan Prasad Sinha]]  
*[[Manoranjan Prasad Sinha]]
* [[Manoj Bhawuk]]  
* [[Manoj Bhawuk]]
* [[Parichay Das]]  
* [[Pandey Kapil]]
* [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]]  
* [[Parichay Das]]
* [[Rameshwar Singh Kashyap]]  
* [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]]
*[[Rameshwar Singh Kashyap]]
* [[Raghuveer Narayan]]
* [[Raghuveer Narayan]]
|-
 
| Bengali ||
===Bengali===
* [[Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay]]  
* [[Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay]]
* [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]]  
* [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]]
* [[Malay Roy Choudhury]]
* [[Malay Roy Choudhury]]
|-
 
| English ||
===English===
* [[Ram Sharan Sharma]]  
* [[Ram Sharan Sharma]]
* [[Raj Kamal Jha]]  
* [[Raj Kamal Jha]]
* [[Satyapal Chandra]]  
* [[Satyapal Chandra]]
* [[George Orwell]]
* [[George Orwell]]
* [[Tabish Khair]]
 
|-
===Urdu===
| Urdu ||
* [[Manazir Ahsan Gilani]]
* [[Bismil Azimabadi]]
* [[Manazir Ahsan Gilani]]  
* [[Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri]]
* [[Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri]]
* [[Kalim Aajiz]]
* [[Hussain Ul Haque]]
* [[Mazhar Imam]]
* [[Sohail Azimabadi]]
* [[Shad Azimabadi]]
* [[Raza Naqvi Wahi]]
* [[Rashid-un-Nisa]]
* [[Mukhtaruddin Ahmad]]
|}
[[File:Bhikhari Thakur.jpg|thumb|Bhikari Thakur]]
[[File:Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg|thumb|Rajendra Prasad]]


== National and international award winners ==
==National and international award winners==
[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Dr. (Smt.) Sharda Sinha, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 02, 2018.jpg|thumb|The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Dr. (Smt.) Sharda Sinha]]
 
{| class="wikitable"
===Bharat Ratna===
|+ Award Winners
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|-
 
! Award !! Winners
* [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
|-
* [[Rajendra Prasad]]
| [[Bharat Ratna]] ||
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
* [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]  
* [[Rajendra Prasad]]  
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]  
* [[Bismillah Khan]]
* [[Bismillah Khan]]
|-
 
| [[Padma Bhushan]] ||
===Padma Bhushan===
* Rashtrakavi [[Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar']]  
* Rashtrakavi [[Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar']]
* [[Acharya Shivpujan Sahay]]  
* [[Acharya Shivpujan Sahay]]
* [[Bindeshwar Pathak]]  
* [[Bindeshwar Pathak]]
 
===Padma Shree===
* [[Ramchandra Manjhi]]
* [[Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain]]
* [[Mohan Mishra]]
* [[Narendra Kumar Pandey]]
* [[Janki Ballabh Shastri]]
* [[Sharda Sinha]]
* [[Sharda Sinha]]
|-
| [[Padma Shree]] ||
* [[Ramchandra Manjhi]]
* [[Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain]]
* [[Mohan Mishra]]
* [[Narendra Kumar Pandey]]
* [[Janki Ballabh Shastri]]
* [[Sharda Sinha]]
* [[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]]
* [[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]]
|-
 
| [[Jnanpith Award]] ||
===Jnanpith award===
* [[Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar']]
* [[Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar']]
|-
 
| [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] ||
===Magasaysay award===
* [[Ravish Kumar]]  
* [[Ravish Kumar]]
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
|-
 
| [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] ||
===Dada Saheb Phalke award===
* [[Ashok Kumar]]  
* [[Ashok Kumar]]
* [[Tapan Sinha]]
* [[Tapan Sinha]]
|}


==Military Gallantry Award winners==
==Military Gallantry Award winners==
[[File:Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, Ashok Chakra, Indian Air Force.jpg|thumb|Jyoti Prakash Nirala, Ashok Chakra, Indian Air Force]]
===[[Param Vir Chakra]]===
===[[Param Vir Chakra]]===
* [[Albert Ekka]]
* [[Albert Ekka]]
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===Presidents of India===
===Presidents of India===
* [[Rajendra Prasad]], first President of India
* [[Rajendra Prasad]] first President of India


===Presidents of other countries===
===Presidents of other countries===
* [[Kailash Purryag]], former President of Mauritius
* [[Sir Anerood Jugnauth]] former President of [[Mauritius]]
*[[Cheddi Jagan]], former president of [[Guyana]]
* [[Kailash Purryag]] former President of Mauritius


===Vice-Presidents of other countries===
===Vice-President of other countries===
* [[Parmanand Jha]], first vice-president of [[Nepal]]
* [[Parmanand Jha]] first vice-president of [[Nepal]]
[[File:Ram Vilas Paswan.jpg|thumb|Ramvilas Paswan]]


===Prime ministers of other countries===
===Prime ministers of other countries===
[[File:Navin Ramgoolam Portrait 2014.jpg|thumb|Navinchandra Ramgoolam, former [[Prime Minister of Mauritius]] |317x317px]]
[[File:Navin Ramgoolam Portrait 2014.jpg|thumb|Navinchandra Ramgoolam, former [[Prime Minister of Mauritius]] ]]


* [[Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]], first Prime Minister of Mauritius
* [[Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]] first Prime Minister of Mauritius
* [[Navin Ramgoolam]], former Prime Minister of Mauritius
* [[Sir Anerood Jugnauth]] current Prime Minister of Mauritius
* [[Girija Prasad Koirala]], former Prime Minister of Nepal
* [[Navin Ramgoolam]] former Prime Minister of Mauritius
* [[Basdeo Panday]], former Prime Minister of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] former Prime Minister of Nepal
* [[Kamla Persad-Bissessar]], former first female Prime Minister of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[Basdeo Panday]] former Prime Minister of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[Kamla Persad-Bissessar]] former first female Prime Minister of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]


===Attorneys general of India===
===Attorneys general of India===
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===Advocate General of state of Bihar===
===Advocate General of state of Bihar===
*[[Rambalak Mahto]], longest serving Advocate General of Bihar and legal advisor of [[Nitish Kumar]]
*[[Rambalak Mahto]], longest serving Advocate General of Bihar and legal advisor of [[Nitish Kumar]].
[[File:Mridula Sinha at Bharatpedia Satall in WHC 2018, Mauritius.jpg|thumb|Mridula Sinha|281x281px]]


===Governors of Indian states===
===Governors of Indian states===
* [[Anant Sharma]], former Governor of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[West Bengal]]
* [[Anant Sharma]] former Governor of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[West Bengal]]
* [[Balmiki Prasad Singh]], current Governor of [[Sikkim]]
* [[Balmiki Prasad Singh]] current Governor of [[Sikkim]]
* [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]], former Governor of Punjab
* [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]] former Governor of Punjab
* [[Dinesh Nandan Sahay]], former Governor of [[Chhattisgarh]]
* [[Dinesh Nandan Sahay]] former Governor of [[Chhattisgarh]]
* [[Kailashpati Mishra]], former Governor of [[Gujarat]]
* [[Kailashpati Mishra]] former Governor of [[Gujarat]]
* [[Lallan Prasad Singh]], former Governor of [[Assam]]
* [[Lallan Prasad Singh]] former Governor of [[Assam]]
* [[Mridula Sinha]], current Governor of [[Goa]]
* [[Mridula Sinha]] current Governor of [[Goa]]
* [[Nikhil Kumar (governor)|Nikhil Kumar]], current Governor of [[Kerala]]
* [[Nikhil Kumar]] current Governor of [[Kerala]]
* [[Prabhat Kumar]], former Governor of [[Jharkhand]]
* [[Prabhat Kumar]] former Governor of [[Jharkhand]]
* [[Rameshwar Thakur]], former Governor of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[Rameshwar Thakur]] Former Governor of [[Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]], former Governor of [[Kerala]]
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]] former Governor of [[Kerela]]
* [[Siddheshwar Prasad]], former Governor of [[Tripura]]
* [[Siddheshwar Prasad]] former Governor of [[Tripura]]
* [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]], former Governor of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and Assam
* [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]] former Governor of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and Assam


===Governor of Reserve Bank of India===
===Governor of Reserve Bank of India===
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* [[Tejendra Khanna]]
* [[Tejendra Khanna]]
* [[Nagendra Nath Jha]]
* [[Nagendra Nath Jha]]
[[File:The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar in 2010.jpg|thumb|Smt. Meira Kumar|239x239px]]


===Speakers of Lok Sabha===
===Speakers of Lok Sabha===
* [[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
* [[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
* [[Meira Kumar]]
* [[Meira Kumar]]
[[File:Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha.jpg|thumb|Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha|167x167px]]


===Chief justices of India===
===Chief justices===
* [[Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha]]
* [[Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha]]
* [[Lalit Mohan Sharma]]
* [[Lalit Mohan Sharma]]
[[File:Shri Krishna Singh 1988 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Shri Krishna Singh,First chief minister of Bihar]]
[[File:Gandhi in Bihar after the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Mahatma Gandhi in Bihar]]
[[File:Lalu Prasad Yadav addressing the EEC - 2006 (cropped).jpg|thumb|220x220px|Lalu Yadav]]
[[File:Karpoori Thakur 1991 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Karpoori Thakur]]
[[File:Ram Subhag Singh.jpg|thumb|Ram Subhag Singh]]
[[File:Bismillah Khan 2008 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Ustad Bismillah Khan]]


===Chief ministers===
===Chief ministers===
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|-
|-
| 1
| 1
| [[Sri Krishna Sinha|Shri Krishna Sinha]]
| [[Sri Krishna Sinha]]  
| 2 April 1946
| 2 April 1946
| 31 January 1961
| 31 January 1961
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| 5 March 1967
| 5 March 1967
| 28 January 1968
| 28 January 1968
| Jana Kranti Dal
| Jana Kranti Dal1
|-
|-
| 6
| 6
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| 1 February 1968
| 1 February 1968
| 2 March 1968
| 2 March 1968
| Shoshit Dal<ref>_ref(s)_
| [[File:1931 Flag of India.svg|30px]] Indian National Congress
* {{cite book | last=Jaffrelot | first=Christophe | title=Religion, Caste, and Politics in India | publisher=Primus Books | date=2010 | isbn=978-93-80607-04-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Religion_Caste_and_Politics_in_India.html?id=XAO3i_gS61wC | page=464|quote=The lower castes may have lent themselves to manipulations by political entrepreneurs like B.P. Mandal, but greater caste consciousness also implied a stronger rejection of vertical arrangements and a growing solidarity between lower caste MLAs from different parties. These phenomena had become so pronounced that to topple the SVD government the Congress had no other choice but to support one of the Shoshit Dal leaders; thus in February 1968 B.P. Mandal became the first OBC chief minister of Bihar.}}
* {{cite book | last1=Jaffrelot | first1=Christophe | last2=Kumar | first2=Sanjay | title=Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies | publisher=[[Routledge]] | date=2012 | isbn=978-1-136-51661-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Rise_of_the_Plebeians.html?id=tDN0MinxMigC |page=76|quote=...given the instability of the Samyukta Vidhayak Dal (SVD) due to coalition politics based on narrow political gains, the first non-Congress government fell in January 1968. Thus, a Congress-backed Shoshit Dal government was formed in February with Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal (a Yadav) as chief minister.}}
* {{cite book | last=Mohan | first=R. | title=India's Federal Setup: A Journey Through Seven Decades | publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] | date=2025 | isbn=978-1-04-034657-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/India_s_Federal_Setup.html?id=5X9BEQAAQBAJ | page=50|quote=...B.P. Mandal (Heath Minister, resigned and defected with 16 legislators) formed a political party called the Shoshit Dal and was sworn in as Chief Minister with the support of the Congress.}}
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| 22 December 1970
| 2 June 1971
| 2 June 1971
| [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
| [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]
|-
|-
| 13
| 13
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| 15
| 15
| [[Abdul Ghafoor (politician, born 1918)|Abdul Gafoor]]
| [[Abdul Ghafoor (politician)|Abdul Gafoor]]
| 2 July 1973
| 2 July 1973
| 11 April 1975
| 11 April 1975
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| [[Nitish Kumar]]  
| [[Nitish Kumar]]  
| 26 November 2010
| 26 November 2010
| 17 May 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Bihar-chief-minister-Nitish-Kumar-resigns/articleshow/35260238.cms|title=Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar resigns - Times of India ►|website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704194508/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Bihar-chief-minister-Nitish-Kumar-resigns/articleshow/35260238.cms|archive-date=4 July 2017}}</ref>
| 17 May 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Bihar-chief-minister-Nitish-Kumar-resigns/articleshow/35260238.cms|title=Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar resigns - Times of India ►|access-date=10 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704194508/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Bihar-chief-minister-Nitish-Kumar-resigns/articleshow/35260238.cms|archive-date=4 July 2017}}</ref>
| [[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG|30px]] Janata Dal (United)
| [[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG|30px]] Janata Dal (United)
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| 34
| [[Nitish Kumar]]  
| [[Nitish Kumar]]  
| 22 Feb 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nitish-Kumar-takes-oath-as-Bihar-CM/articleshow/46332933.cms|title=Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM - Times of India ►|website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=10 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225004515/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nitish-Kumar-takes-oath-as-Bihar-CM/articleshow/46332933.cms|archive-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
| 22 Feb 2015 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nitish-Kumar-takes-oath-as-Bihar-CM/articleshow/46332933.cms|title=Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM - Times of India ►|access-date=10 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225004515/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nitish-Kumar-takes-oath-as-Bihar-CM/articleshow/46332933.cms|archive-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
| Present<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/nitish-kumar-takes-oath-as-bihar-chief-minister-mamata-banerjee-present-for-swearing-in-741500|title=Nitish Kumar Takes Oath as Bihar Chief Minister; Mamata Banerjee, Tarun Gogoi Attend Swearing In|access-date=10 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630164734/http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/nitish-kumar-takes-oath-as-bihar-chief-minister-mamata-banerjee-present-for-swearing-in-741500|archive-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>
| Present <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/nitish-kumar-takes-oath-as-bihar-chief-minister-mamata-banerjee-present-for-swearing-in-741500|title=Nitish Kumar Takes Oath as Bihar Chief Minister; Mamata Banerjee, Tarun Gogoi Attend Swearing In|access-date=10 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630164734/http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/nitish-kumar-takes-oath-as-bihar-chief-minister-mamata-banerjee-present-for-swearing-in-741500|archive-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>
| [[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG|30px]] Janata Dal (United)
| [[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG|30px]] Janata Dal (United)
|}
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! #<ref>{{Cite web |title=BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/ DY. CHIEF MINISTER |url=https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/dy_cm.html |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=vidhansabha.bih.nic.in}}</ref>
! #
! Name
! Name
! Took office
! Took office
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|-
|-
| 1
| 1
| [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
| [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]] [3]
| 2 April 1946
| 2 April 1946
| 5 July 1957
| 5 July 1957
| | [[File:1931 Flag of India.svg|30px]] [[Indian National Congress]]
| | [[File:1931 Flag of India.svg|30px]] [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
| 2
| 2
| [[Karpoori Thakur]]
| [[Karpoori Thakur]]
| 5 March 1967
| 5 March 1967
| 31 January 1968
| 31 January 1968
| [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
| [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]
|-
|-
|3
| 3
|[[Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav]]
|3 June 1971
|9 January 1972
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 4
| [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| 24 Nov 2005
| 24 Nov 2005
| 16 June 2013
| 24 Nov  2010
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
|5
| 4
|[[Tejashwi Yadav]]
|20 November 2015
|26 July 2017
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
| 6
| [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| 27 July 2017
| 26 Nov  2010
| 16 November 2020
| jun 2013
| Bharatiya Janata Party
| Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |7
|[[Tarkishore Prasad]]
| rowspan="2" |16 November 2020
| rowspan="2" |9 August 2022
| rowspan="2" |Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|[[Renu Devi]]
|-
|8
|[[Tejashwi Yadav]]
|10 August 2022
|28 January 2024
|Rashtriya Janata Dal
|-
| rowspan="2" |9
|[[Vijay Kumar Sinha|Vijay Sinha]]
| rowspan="2" |28 January 2024
| rowspan="2" |''Incumbent''
| rowspan="2" |Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|[[Samrat Choudhary]]
|}
|}


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|1
|1
|[[Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Valmiki Nagar]]
|[[Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Valmiki Nagar]]
|[[Sunil Kumar (Lok Sabha member)|Sunil Kumar]]
|[[Baidyanath Prasad Mahto]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|-
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|5
|5
|[[Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sitamarhi]]
|[[Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sitamarhi]]
|[[Sunil Kumar Pintu]]
|[[Arjun Roy]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
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|6
|6
|[[Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madhubani]]
|[[Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madhubani]]
|[[Ashok Kumar Yadav]]
|[[Hukmadeo Narayan Yadav]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|-
|7
|7
|[[Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]]
|[[Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]]
|[[Ramprit Mandal]]
|[[Mangani Lal Mandal]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|8
|8
|[[Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Supaul]]
|[[Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Supaul]]
|[[Dileshwar Kamait]]
|[[Vishwa Mohan Kumar]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
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|10
|10
|[[Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kishanganj]]
|[[Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kishanganj]]
|[[Mohammad Jawed]]
|[[Mohammad Asrarul Haque]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Indian National Congress
|-
|-
|11
|11
|[[Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Katihar]]
|[[Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Katihar]]
|[[Dulal Chandra Goswami]]
|[[Nikhil Kumar Choudhary]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|-
|12
|12
|[[Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purnia]]
|[[Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purnia]]
|[[Santosh Kumar (politician)|Santosh Kumar]]
|[[Uday Singh]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|-
|13
|13
|[[Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madhepura]]
|[[Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madhepura]]
|[[Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Indian politician)|Dinesh Chandra Yadav]]
|[[Sharad Yadav]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|14
|14
|[[Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darbhanga]]
|[[Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darbhanga]]
|[[Gopal Jee Thakur]]
|[[Kirti Azad]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|-
|15
|15
|[[Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muzaffarpur]]
|[[Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muzaffarpur]]
|[[Ajay Nishad]]
|[[Jai Narain Prasad Nishad]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|16
|16
|[[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vaishali]]
|[[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vaishali]]
|[[Veena Devi]]
|[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]
|[[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|-
|17
|17
|[[Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gopalganj]]
|[[Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gopalganj]]
|[[Alok Kumar Suman]]
|[[Purnmasi Ram]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|18
|18
|[[Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Siwan]]
|[[Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Siwan]]
|[[Kavita Singh (politician)|Kavita Singh]]
|[[Om Prakash Yadav]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Independent
|-
|-
|19
|19
|[[Maharajganj (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maharajganj]]
|[[Maharajganj (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maharajganj]]
|[[Janardan Singh Sigriwal]]
|[[Uma Shankar Singh]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|-
|20
|20
|[[Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saran]]
|[[Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Saran]]
|[[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]
|[[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
|21
|21
|[[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]]
|[[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hajipur]]
|[[Chirag Paswan]]
|[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|[[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)]]
|[[Lok Janshakti Party]]
|-
|-
|22
|22
|[[Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ujiarpur]]
|[[Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ujiarpur]]
|[[Nityanand Rai]]
|[[Aswamedh Devi]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|23
|23
|[[Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Samastipur]]
|[[Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Samastipur]]
|[[Shambhavi Choudhary]]
|[[Maheshwar Hazari]]
|[[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|24
|24
|[[Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Begusarai]]
|[[Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Begusarai]]
|[[Giriraj Singh]]
|[[Monazir Hassan]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|25
|25
|[[Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khagaria]]
|[[Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khagaria]]
|Rajesh Verma
|[[Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Indian politician)|Dinesh Chandra Yadav]]
|[[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|26
|26
|[[Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur]]
|[[Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur]]
|[[Ajay Kumar Mandal]]
|[[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|-
|27
|27
|[[Banka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banka]]
|[[Banka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banka]]
|[[Giridhari Yadav]]
|[[Putul Kumari]]
| Janata Dal (United)
| Independent
|-
|-
|28
|28
|[[Munger (Lok Sabha constituency)|Munger]]
|[[Munger (Lok Sabha constituency)|Munger]]
|[[Lalan Singh]]
|[[Rajiv Ranjan Singh]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
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|30
|30
|[[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patna Sahib]]
|[[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patna Sahib]]
|[[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
|[[Shatrughan Sinha]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|-
|31
|31
|[[Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pataliputra]]
|[[Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pataliputra]]
|[[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
|[[Ranjan Prasad Yadav]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|32
|32
|[[Arrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arrah]]
|[[Arrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arrah]]
|[[R. K. Singh|Raj Kumar Singh]]
|[[R. K. Singh]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|-
|33
|33
|[[Buxar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Buxar]]
|[[Buxar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Buxar]]
|[[Ashwini Kumar Choubey]]
|[[Jagada Nand Singh]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|-
|34
|34
|[[Sasaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sasaram]]
|[[Sasaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sasaram]]
|[[Chhedi Paswan]]
|[[Meira Kumar]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Indian National Congress
|-
|-
|35
|35
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|36
|36
|[[Jahanabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jahanabad]]
|[[Jahanabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jahanabad]]
|[[Chandeshwar Prasad]]
|[[Jagdish Sharma]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|37
|37
|[[Aurangabad (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency)|Aurangabad]]
|[[Aurangabad (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency)|Aurangabad]]
|[[Sushil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sushil Kumar Singh]]
|[[Sushil Kumar Singh]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|Janata Dal (United)
|-
|-
|38
|38
|[[Gaya (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gaya]]
|[[Gaya (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gaya]]
|[[Vijay Kumar Manjhi]]
|[[Hari Manjhi]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|-
|39
|39
|[[Nawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nawada]]
|[[Nawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nawada]]
|[[Vivek Thakur]]
|[[Bhola Singh]]
|[[BJP]]
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|-
|40
|40
|[[Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamui]]
|[[Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamui]]
|[[Arun Bharti]]
|[[Bhudeo Choudhary]]
|[[Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)]]
|Janata Dal (United)
|}
|}
[[File:MR RAJO SINGH MEMBER OF THE PARLIAMENT OF BEGUSRAI.jpg|thumb|[[Rajo Singh]]]]
[[File:Nitish Kumar (cropped).JPG|thumb|276x276px|Nitish Kumar]]
[[File:Giriraj Singh delivering the valedictory address at the Conference of Development Institutes, Technology Centres and Tool Rooms under the Ministry of MSME, in New Delhi.JPG|thumb|217x217px|Giriraj Singh]]


===Members of Rajya Sabha (2022)===
===Members of Rajya Sabha===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! #<ref>{{Citation |title=List of current members of the Rajya Sabha |date=2022-10-01 |url=https://en.Bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_current_members_of_the_Rajya_Sabha&oldid=1113394667 |work=Bharatpedia |language=en |access-date=2022-10-01}}</ref>!! Political party !! Member of Parliament
! # !! Political party !! Member of Parliament
|-
| 1 || [[Lok Janshakti Party]] || [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|-
|-
| 1 || [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|| [[Manoj Kumar Jha]]
| 2 || [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] || [[Ram Kripal Yadav]]
|-
|-
| 2 || [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] || [[Misa Bharti]]
| 3 || Rashtriya Janata Dal || [[Prem Chand Gupta]]
|-
|-
| 3 || Rashtriya Janata Dal || Dr. Faiyaz Ahmad
| 4 || [[Janata Dal (United)]] || [[Mahendra Prasad]]
|-
|-
| 4 || Rashtriya Janata Dal || [[Prem Chand Gupta]]
| 5 || Janata Dal (United) || [[Ali Anwar]]
|-
|-
| 5 || Rashtriya Janata Dal || [[Amarendra Dhari Singh]]
| 6 || Janata Dal (United) || Sabir Ali
|-
|-
| 6 || Rashtriya Janata Dal || [[Ahmad Ashfaque Karim]]
| 7 || Janata Dal (United) || Anil Kumar Sahani
|-
|-
| 7 || [[Janata Dal (United)]]|| [[Harivansh Narayan Singh]]
| 8 || Janata Dal (United) || K C Tyagi
|-
|-
| 8 || Janata Dal (United) || [[Ram Nath Thakur]]
| 9 || Janata Dal (United) || [[Shivanand Tiwari]]
|-
|-
| 9 || Janata Dal (United) || [[Khiru Mahto]]
| 10 || Janata Dal (United) || Ramchandra Prasad Singh
|-
|-
| 10 || Janata Dal (United) || [[Bashistha Narain Singh]]
| 11 || Janata Dal (United) || [[Bashistha Narain Singh]]
|-
|-
| 11 || Janata Dal (United) || [[Anil Hegde]]
| 12 || Janata Dal (United) || [[N. K. Singh]]
|-
|-
| 12 || [[Indian National Congress]]|| [[Akhilesh Prasad Singh]]
| 13 || Janata Dal (United) || [[Ram Nath Thakur]]
|-
|-
| 13 || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|| [[Vivek Thakur]]
| 14 || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
|-
|-
| 14 || Bharatiya Janata Party || [[Sushil Kumar Modi]]
| 15 || Bharatiya Janata Party || [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
|-
|-
| 15 || Bharatiya Janata Party || [[Shambhu Sharan Patel]]
| 16 || Bharatiya Janata Party || [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]
|-
|-
| 16 || Bharatiya Janata Party || [[Satish Chandra Dubey]]
| 17 || Bharatiya Janata Party || [[Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur]]
|}
|}


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* [[Shakeel Ahmad]] ([[Indian National Congress]])
* [[Shakeel Ahmad]] ([[Indian National Congress]])
* [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]])
* [[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]])
[[File:Jawaharlal Nehru with Jayaprakash Narayan.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Jayaprakash Narayan with Jawaharlal Nehru]]
[[File:Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Jagjivan Ram]]
[[File:Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Lalit Narayan Mishra]]


==Politics==
==Politics==
{{main|List of politicians from Bihar}}
{{main|List of politicians from Bihar}}
*[[Rati Lal Prasad Verma]]
 
*[[Ramdeo Mahto]]
*[[Ajit Kumar Mehta]]
*[[Chandradeo Prasad Verma]]
* [[Rajendra Prasad]]
* [[Rajendra Prasad]]
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
* [[Sri Krishna Sinha]]
* [[Sri Krishna Sinha]]
* [[Chandipat Sahay]]
* [[Jagjivan Ram]]
* [[Jagjivan Ram]]
* [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
* [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
* [[B.P.Mandal]]
* [[B.P.Mandal]]
* [[Lalit Narayan Mishra]]
* [[Lalit Narayan Mishra]]
*[[Lalita Kumari]]
* [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]]
* [[Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha]]
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
* [[Shatrughan Prasad Singh]]
* [[Satyendra Narayan Singh]]
* [[Satyendra Narayan Singh]]
* [[Karpoori Thakur]]
* [[Karpoori Thakur]]
* [[Daroga Prasad Rai]]
* [[Daroga Prasad Rai]]
* [[Deep Narayan Singh]]
* [[Deep Narayan Singh]]
* [[Abdul Ghafoor (politician, born 1918)|Abdul Ghafoor]]
* [[Abdul Ghafoor (politician)|Abdul Ghafoor]]
* [[Chandrashekhar Singh]]
* [[Chandrashekhar Singh]]
* [[Gopal Jee Thakur]]
* [[Chirag Paswan]]
* [[Chirag Paswan]]
* [[Faz Husain]]
* [[Faz Husain]]
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* [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
* [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
* [[Nitish Kumar]]
* [[Nitish Kumar]]
* [[Upendra Kushwaha]]
* [[Nikhil Kumar]]
* [[Nikhil Kumar (governor)|Nikhil Kumar]]
* [[Indradeep Sinha]]
* [[Indradeep Sinha]]
* [[Digvijay Narain Singh]]
* [[Digvijay Narain Singh]]
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* [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]
* [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]
* [[Yashwant Sinha]]
* [[Yashwant Sinha]]
* [[Ravindra Kishore Sinha]]
* [[Prabhat Jha (politician)|Prabhat Jha]]
* [[Prabhat Jha (politician)|Prabhat Jha]]
* [[Sanjay Nirupam]]
* [[Sanjay Nirupam]]
* [[Mohammad Yunus (Indian politician)|Mohammad Yunus]]
* [[Mohammad Yunus (politician)|Mohammad Yunus]]
* [[Nawal Kishore Dhawal]]
* [[Nawal Kishore Dhawal]]
* [[Ranjit Kumar Gupta]]
* [[Ranjit Kumar Gupta]]
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* [[Jayant Sinha]]
* [[Jayant Sinha]]
*[[Kanhaiya Kumar]]
*[[Kanhaiya Kumar]]
* [[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
* [[Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav]]
* [[Awadhesh Kumar Rai]]
* [[Ram Ratan Singh]]
* [[Vishwajeet Kumar (politician)]]
[[File:RLSY Potrait.jpg|thumb|Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav]]
[[File:B.R. Bhagat in a meeting (cropped).png|thumb|Bali Ram Bhagat]]
[[File:Ajay Devgn and Prakash Jha.jpg|thumb|Prakash Jha]]
[[File:Tapan Sinha 2013 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Tapan Sinha]]


==Entertainment==
==Entertainment==
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* [[Imtiaz Ali (director)|Imtiaz Ali]]
* [[Imtiaz Ali (director)|Imtiaz Ali]]
* [[Kabeer Kaushik]]
* [[Kabeer Kaushik]]
* [[Manish Jha (director)|Manish Jha]]
* [[Manish Jha]]
* [[Manish Vatsalya]]
* [[Manish Vatsalya]]
* [[Manjul Sinha]]
* [[Manjul Sinha]]
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* [[Pritish Nandy]]
* [[Pritish Nandy]]
* [[Ram Gopal Bajaj]]
* [[Ram Gopal Bajaj]]
* [[Sanjeev K Jha]]
* [[Satyen Bose]]
* [[Satyen Bose]]
* [[Sushil Rajpal]]
* [[Sushil Rajpal]]
* [[Tapan Sinha]]
* [[Tapan Sinha]]
[[File:Sushant sr Manish M B'day bash.jpg|thumb|Sushant Singh Rajput]]
[[File:Shatrughan Sinha 00451.JPG|thumb|209x209px|Shatrughan Sinha]]
[[File:Manoj Bajpayee at a promotional for Aiyaary.jpg|thumb|258x258px|Manoj Bajpayee]]
[[File:Screenwriter_Sanjeev_K_Jha.jpg|thumb|258x258px|Sanjeev K Jha]]
[[File:Pankaj Tripathi World Premiere Newton Zoopalast Berlinale 2017 06.jpg|thumb|274x274px|Pankaj Tripathi]]


===Actors===
===Actors===
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* [[Pankaj Tripathi]]
* [[Pankaj Tripathi]]
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
* [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]]
* [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)]]
* [[Vinay Pathak]]
* [[Vinay Pathak]]
* [[Gurmeet Choudhary]]
* [[Gurmeet Choudhary]]
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* [[Narendra jha]]
* [[Narendra jha]]
* [[Rajesh Kumar (actor)]]
* [[Rajesh Kumar (actor)]]
* [[Manoj Tiwari (Delhi politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
* [[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
* [[Pankaj Jha]]
* [[Pankaj Jha]]
* [[Dinesh Sharma (actor)|Dinesh Sharma]]
* [[Dinesh Sharma (actor)|Dinesh Sharma]]
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* [[Alok Nath]]
* [[Alok Nath]]
* [[Khesari Lal Yadav]]
* [[Khesari Lal Yadav]]
* [[Lilliput (actor)|Lilliput]]
* [[Zeishan Quadri]]
[[File:Sriti Jha zt Zee-Rishtey-Awards 2018.jpg|thumb|298x298px|Sriti Jha]]
[[File:Suhasini Mulay graces the screening of Sonata.jpg|thumb|277x277px|Suhasini Mulay]]
[[File:Sonakshi Sinha at the trailer launch of her film 'Mission Mangal'.jpg|thumb|217x217px|Sonakshi Sinha]]


===Actresses===
===Actresses===
* [[Aisha Sharma]]
* [[Pooja Sharma (Indian actress)|Pooja Sharma]]
* [[Pooja Sharma (Indian actress)|Pooja Sharma]]
* [[Prachi Sinha]]
* [[Prachi Sinha]]
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* [[Shweta Prasad]]
* [[Shweta Prasad]]
* [[Sonakshi Sinha]]
* [[Sonakshi Sinha]]
*[[Aishwarya Sushmita]]
* [[Kumkum (actress)|Kumkum]]
[[File:Daler Mehndi.jpg|thumb|292x292px|Daler Mehndi]]
[[File:Manoj Tiwari.jpg|thumb|Manoj Tiwari]]
[[File:KLY1.jpg|thumb|Khesari performing in a stage show]]


===Singers===
===Singers===
* [[Daler Mehndi]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/i-m-proud-to-be-from-bihar-daler-mehndi/article1-1033035.aspx |title=I'm proud to be from Bihar: Daler Mehndi - Hindustan Times |website=www.hindustantimes.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921004213/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/i-m-proud-to-be-from-bihar-daler-mehndi/article1-1033035.aspx |archive-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Daler Mehndi]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/i-m-proud-to-be-from-bihar-daler-mehndi/article1-1033035.aspx |title=Archived copy |website=www.hindustantimes.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921004213/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/i-m-proud-to-be-from-bihar-daler-mehndi/article1-1033035.aspx |archive-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Kiran Ahluwalia]]
* [[Kiran Ahluwalia]]
* [[Sundar Popo]]
* [[Sundar Popo]]
* [[Sharda Sinha]]
* [[Sharda Sinha]]
* [[Manoj Tiwari (Delhi politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
* [[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
* [[Pawan Singh]]
* [[Pawan Singh]]
* [[Khesari Lal Yadav]]
* [[Deepali Kishore]]
* [[Nilkamal Singh]]
* [[Aishwarya Nigam]]
* [[Aishwarya Nigam]]
* [[Parmanand Singh]]
* [[Parmanand Singh]]
* [[Maithili Thakur]]
* [[Maithili Thakur]]
* [[Ritviz |Ritviz Srivastava (Ritviz)]]


===Music directors===
===Music directors===
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* [[Nagarjun]]
* [[Nagarjun]]
* [[Ramdhari Singh Dinkar]]
* [[Ramdhari Singh Dinkar]]
* [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]]
* [[Bismillah Khan]]
* [[Bismillah Khan]]
* [[Chandan Tiwari]]
* [[Chandan Tiwari]]
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* [[Jaykant Mishra]]
* [[Jaykant Mishra]]
* [[Rajkamal Chaudhary]]
* [[Rajkamal Chaudhary]]
* [[Binod Bihari Verma]]
* [[Parichay Das]]
* [[Parichay Das]]
* [[Gajendra Thakur]]
* [[Gajendra Thakur]]
* [[Bindhyabasini Devi]]
* [[Bindhyabasini Devi]]
[[File:PRSarkar GentlemanPhoto 3.jpg|thumb|Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]]


==Religion==
==Religion==
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* [[Tenzin Priyadarshi]]
* [[Tenzin Priyadarshi]]
* [[Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri]]
* [[Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri]]
[[File:AnandKumarJI1.jpg|thumb|Anand Kumar]]


==Mathematics and science==
==Mathematics and science==
* [[Amalendu Krishna]]
* [[Anand Kumar]]
* [[Anand Kumar]]
* [[H. C. Verma]]
* [[H. C. Verma]]
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* [[Vashishtha Narayan Singh]]
* [[Vashishtha Narayan Singh]]
* [[Tathagat Avatar Tulsi]]
* [[Tathagat Avatar Tulsi]]
[[File:Sharad Kumar, Asian para games.jpg|thumb|Sharad Kumar]]
*
 
==Doctors==
* [[Vinay Kumar (psychiatrist)]]


==Sports==
==Sports==
* [[Saba Karim]]
* [[Saba Karim]]
* [[Kirti Azad]]
* [[Kirti Azad]]
* [[Kaiser Rehan]] - [[Taekwondo|Taekwondo Player]]
* [[Subroto Banerjee]]
* [[Subroto Banerjee]]
* [[Shivnath Singh]]
* [[Shivnath Singh]]
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* [[Premlata Agarwal]]
* [[Premlata Agarwal]]
* [[Sanjay Balmuchu]]
* [[Sanjay Balmuchu]]
* [[Lal Mohan Hansda]]
* [[Aruna Mishra]]
* [[Aruna Mishra]]
* [[Jaipal Singh]]
* [[Jaipal Singh]]
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==Bureaucracy==
==Bureaucracy==


{| class="wikitable"
===Indian Civil Service===
|+ Bureaucracy
* [[Lallan Prasad Singh|L.P. Singh]]
|-
* [[Sir Sultan Ahmed]]
! Service !! Notable Figures
 
|-
===Indian Administrative Service===
| [[Indian Civil Service]] ||
* [[Balmiki Prasad Singh]]
* [[Lallan Prasad Singh|L.P. Singh]]  
* [[N. K. Singh]]
* [[Sir Sultan Ahmed]]  
* [[Pankaj Rag]]
* [[Harnandan Prasad]]
* [[R. K. Singh]]
|-
* [[U. K. Sinha]]
| [[Indian Administrative Service]] ||
* [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]]
* [[Amir Subhani]]
* [[Yashwant Sinha]]
* [[Balmiki Prasad Singh]]  
 
* [[N. K. Singh]]  
===[[Indian Foreign Service]]===
* [[Pankaj Rag]]  
* [[Aftab Seth]]
* [[R. K. Singh]]  
* [[U. K. Sinha]]  
* [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]]  
* [[Yashwant Sinha]] [[File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg|thumb|Yashwant Sinha]]
|-
| [[Indian Foreign Service]] ||
* [[Aftab Seth]]  
|-
| [[Indian Police Service]] ||
* [[Abhayanand]]
* [[J. K. Sinha]]
* [[Chandan Kushwaha]]
* [[Lipi Singh]]
* [[Nikhil Kumar (governor)|Nikhil Kumar]]
* [[Acharya Kishore Kunal]]
* [[Randhir Prasad Verma]]
* [[Quaiser Khalid]]
* [[Amitabh Thakur]]
* [[Ranjit Sinha]]
* [[Anil Sinha]]
* [[Javeed Ahmad]]
|}


[[File:Anil Agarwal at 2017 FICCI - IIFA Global Business Forum 02.jpg|thumb|Anil Agarwal (industrialist)]]
===Indian Police Service===
* [[Abhayanand]]
* [[J. K. Sinha]]
* [[Nikhil Kumar]]
* [[Acharya Kishore Kunal]]
* [[Randhir Prasad Verma]]
* [[Amitabh Thakur]]
* [[Ranjit Sinha]]
* [[Anil Sinha]]


==Business==
==Business==
* [[Anil Agarwal (businessman)|Anil Agarwal]], founder and Executive Chairman of [[Vedanta Resources|Vedanta Group]]
* [[Anil Agarwal (businessman)|Anil Agarwal]], Founder and Executive Chairman of [[Vedanta Resources|Vedanta Group]]
* [[Arunabh Kumar]], CEO of [[The Viral Fever|TVF]]
* [[Arunabh Kumar]], CEO of [[The Viral Fever|TVF]]
* [[Ravindra Kishore Sinha]], Founder of [[Security And Intelligence Services (India)|Security Intelligence Service]]
* [[Aditya Jha]]
* [[Sanjay Jha (businessman)|Sanjay Jha]]
* [[Sanjay Jha (businessman)|Sanjay Jha]]
* [[Subrata Roy]], founder of [[Sahara India Pariwar|Sahara Group]]
* [[Subrata Roy]], Founder of [[Sahara India Pariwar|Sahara Group]]
* Anil Sharma, Amrapali Group
* [[Samprada Singh]]
* [[Samprada Singh]]
* [[Satyapal Chandra]], founder and CEO of MagTapp
* [[Mahendra Prasad]], Aristo Pharmaceuticals Founder


==Others==
==Others==
{{cmn|
* [[Anand Kumar]]
* [[Anand Kumar]]
* [[Anil Kumar]]
* [[Anil Kumar]]
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* [[Ganesh Dutt]]
* [[Ganesh Dutt]]
* [[Gurusharan Sharma]]
* [[Gurusharan Sharma]]
* [[Khan Sir]]
* [[Prem Singh (Bihar)]], Gold Man of Bihar
* [[Malati Choudhury]]
* [[Malati Choudhury]]
* [[Maṇḍana Miśra]]
* [[Maṇḍana Miśra]]
* [[Martha Dodray]]
* [[Mona Das]]
* [[Natwarlal]]
* [[Natwarlal]]
* [[Nirupama Pandey]]
* [[Nirupama Pandey]]
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* [[Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary]]
* [[Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary]]
* [[Supriya Aiman]]
* [[Supriya Aiman]]
}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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This is a list of notable people from Bihar, India.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Ancient

Nationalists and independence activists

Portrait of Veer Kunwar Singh
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the son of a Bihari immigrant, with David Ben Gurion at Lod airport, Israel, in 1962

Writers and scholars

Yaseen Anwer discussing poetry with renowned Bollywood lyricist Irshad Kamil at Delhi Poetry Festival, 2013
Satyapal Chandra (Noted Author, Entrepreneur)
File:R.C.Jha.jpg
Ramesh Chandra Jha (poet, novelist, journalist, freedom fighter)

Journalists

M. J. Akbar, journalist

Authors

Hindi

Maithili

Bhojpuri

Bengali

English

Urdu

National and international award winners

Bharat Ratna

Padma Bhushan

Padma Shree

Jnanpith award

Magasaysay award

Dada Saheb Phalke award

Military Gallantry Award winners

Param Vir Chakra

Ashoka Chakra

Holders of high constitutional offices

Presidents of India

Presidents of other countries

Vice-President of other countries

Prime ministers of other countries

Navinchandra Ramgoolam, former Prime Minister of Mauritius

Attorneys general of India

Advocate General of state of Bihar

Governors of Indian states

Governor of Reserve Bank of India

Lieutenant governors of other states

Speakers of Lok Sabha

Chief justices

Chief ministers

# Name Took office Left office Political party
1 Sri Krishna Sinha 2 April 1946 31 January 1961 Indian National Congress
2 Deep Narayan Singh 1 February 1961 18 February 1961 Indian National Congress
3 Binodanand Jha 18 February 1961 2 October 1963 Indian National Congress
4 Krishana Ballabh Sahay 2 October 1963 5 March 1967 Indian National Congress
5 Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 5 March 1967 28 January 1968 Jana Kranti Dal1
6 Satish Prasad Singh 28 January 1968 1 February 1968 Indian National Congress
7 B. P. Mandal 1 February 1968 2 March 1968 Indian National Congress
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 Janata Dal
26 Laloo Prasad Yadav 4 April 1995 25 July 1997 Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal
27 Rabri Devi 25 July 1997 11 February 1999 Rashtriya Janata Dal
28 Rabri Devi 9 March 1999 2 March 2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
29 Nitish Kumar 3 March 2000 10 March 2000 Janata Dal (United)
30 Rabri Devi 11 March 2000 6 March 2005 Rashtriya Janata Dal
President's rule 7 March 2005 24 November 2005
31 Nitish Kumar 24 November 2005 24 November 2010 Janata Dal (United)
32 Nitish Kumar 26 November 2010 17 May 2014[3] Janata Dal (United)
33 Jitan Ram Manjhi 20 May 2014 22 Feb 2015 Janata Dal (United)
34 Nitish Kumar 22 Feb 2015 [4] Present [5] Janata Dal (United)

Deputy chief ministers

# Name Took office Left office Party
1 Anugrah Narayan Sinha [3] 2 April 1946 5 July 1957 Indian National Congress
2 Karpoori Thakur 5 March 1967 31 January 1968 Socialist Party
3 Sushil Kumar Modi 24 Nov 2005 24 Nov 2010 Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Sushil Kumar Modi 26 Nov 2010 jun 2013 Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Lok Sabha

# Constituency Member of Parliament Political party
1 Valmiki Nagar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United)
2 Paschim Champaran Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Purvi Champaran Radha Mohan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Sheohar Rama Devi Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Sitamarhi Arjun Roy Janata Dal (United)
6 Madhubani Hukmadeo Narayan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Jhanjharpur Mangani Lal Mandal Janata Dal (United)
8 Supaul Vishwa Mohan Kumar Janata Dal (United)
9 Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
10 Kishanganj Mohammad Asrarul Haque Indian National Congress
11 Katihar Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
12 Purnia Uday Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
13 Madhepura Sharad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
14 Darbhanga Kirti Azad Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Muzaffarpur Jai Narain Prasad Nishad Janata Dal (United)
16 Vaishali Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
17 Gopalganj Purnmasi Ram Janata Dal (United)
18 Siwan Om Prakash Yadav Independent
19 Maharajganj Uma Shankar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
20 Saran Rajiv Pratap Rudy Bhartiya Janata Party
21 Hajipur Ram Vilas Paswan Lok Janshakti Party
22 Ujiarpur Aswamedh Devi Janata Dal (United)
23 Samastipur Maheshwar Hazari Janata Dal (United)
24 Begusarai Monazir Hassan Janata Dal (United)
25 Khagaria Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United)
26 Bhagalpur Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Bharatiya Janata Party
27 Banka Putul Kumari Independent
28 Munger Rajiv Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United)
29 Nalanda Kaushalendra Kumar Janata Dal (United)
30 Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
31 Pataliputra Ranjan Prasad Yadav Janata Dal (United)
32 Arrah R. K. Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
33 Buxar Jagada Nand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
34 Sasaram Meira Kumar Indian National Congress
35 Karakat Mahabali Singh Janata Dal (United)
36 Jahanabad Jagdish Sharma Janata Dal (United)
37 Aurangabad Sushil Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United)
38 Gaya Hari Manjhi Bharatiya Janata Party
39 Nawada Bhola Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
40 Jamui Bhudeo Choudhary Janata Dal (United)

Members of Rajya Sabha

# Political party Member of Parliament
1 Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan
2 Rashtriya Janata Dal Ram Kripal Yadav
3 Rashtriya Janata Dal Prem Chand Gupta
4 Janata Dal (United) Mahendra Prasad
5 Janata Dal (United) Ali Anwar
6 Janata Dal (United) Sabir Ali
7 Janata Dal (United) Anil Kumar Sahani
8 Janata Dal (United) K C Tyagi
9 Janata Dal (United) Shivanand Tiwari
10 Janata Dal (United) Ramchandra Prasad Singh
11 Janata Dal (United) Bashistha Narain Singh
12 Janata Dal (United) N. K. Singh
13 Janata Dal (United) Ram Nath Thakur
14 Bharatiya Janata Party Dharmendra Pradhan
15 Bharatiya Janata Party Ravi Shankar Prasad
16 Bharatiya Janata Party Rajiv Pratap Rudy
17 Bharatiya Janata Party Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur

Spokesperson

Politics

Main article: List of politicians from Bihar

Entertainment

Film directors

Actors

Actresses

Singers

Music directors

Arts

Religion

Mathematics and science

Sports

Bureaucracy

Indian Civil Service

Indian Administrative Service

Indian Foreign Service

Indian Police Service

Business

Others

References

  1. ↑ "Sitamarhi". Britannica. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "History of Sitamarhi". Official site of Sitamarhi district. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar resigns - Times of India ►". Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM - Times of India ►". Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nitish Kumar Takes Oath as Bihar Chief Minister; Mamata Banerjee, Tarun Gogoi Attend Swearing In". Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". www.hindustantimes.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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