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Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

, a state in central eastern India Bihari may also refer to:

Populations and languages

Biharis The Biharis () is a demonym given to the inhabitants of the Indian state of Bihar. Bihari people can be separated into three main Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic groups, Bhojpuris, Maithils and Magadhis. They are also further divided into a vari ...

, people of Bihar *

Bihari languages Bihari is a group of the Indo-Aryan languages. The Bihari languages are mainly spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh and also in Nepal.Brass, Paul R. (1974). ''Language, Religion and Politics in North ...

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Languages of Bihar Hindi is the official language of the State of Bihar. Urdu is the second official language in 15 districts of the State. Maithili is a recognized language of the state. However, the majority of the people of Bihar speak one of the Bhojpuri langu ...

, the languages spoken in Bihar * Bihari diaspora *

Bihari Mauritians Bihari Mauritians are the descendants of mainly Bhojpuri and some Awadhi speaking migrants to Mauritius. A majority of Indo-Mauritians are of Bihari descent, and the majority of Mauritians are Indo-Mauritian (the Hindus: Bhumihar, Vaishya, Brahmi ...

Bihari Muslims Bihari Muslims are adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Biharis. They are geographically native to the region comprising the Bihar state of India, although there are significantly large communities o ...

Bihari Rajput Rajputs in Bihar are members of the Rajput community living in the eastern Indian state Bihar. They are popularly known as Babu Saheb, a term that is mainly used in Bihar, the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand. They traditionally ...

People

Bihari Lal Bihari Lal Chaube or Bihārī (1595–1663)
National Museum, New Delhi, 1966. was a

Bihari brothers The Bihari brothers, Lester, Jules, Saul and Joe, were American businessmen of Hungarian Jewish origins. They were the founders of Modern Records in Los Angeles and its subsidiaries, such as Meteor Records, based in Memphis. The Bihari brothers wer ...

, American music industry entrepreneurs *

János Bihari János Bihari (21 October 1764 – 26 April 1827) was an influential Hungarian Romani violinist. He is one of the founders of Romani academic music and the musical genre verbunkos. By the middle of the nineteenth century, "Gypsy music" w ...

(1764–1824/1827?), Hungarian Romani violinist *

Lal Bihari Lal Bihari Mritak (or Lal Bihari Mritak, ; born 1955) is an Indian farmer and activist from Amilo, in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, who was officially declared dead between 1975 and 1994. He fought with Indian bureaucracy for 19 years to p ...

(born 1955), founder of the Association of the Dead *

Mukut Bihari Mukut Bihari is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bihari is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Kaiserganj (Assembly constituency) in Bahraich district Bahraich district is one of the di ...

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S. H. Bihari Shamsul Huda Bihari (S. H. Bihari) (1920–1987) was an Indian lyricist, songwriter and poet whose work was widely recorded and used in Bollywood movies during the latter half of the 20th century. Bihari was born in Arrah, Bihar, India. He liv ...

(died 1987), Indian songwriter and poet *

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the 10th prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months fr ...

(1924–2018), Prime Minister of India *

Binod Bihari Verma Binod Bihari Verma (1937–2003) was a Maithili writer and military doctor. He is known for ''Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan'', his work on ancient genealogical charts known as Panjis, as well as his depiction of rural poor of the ...

(1937–2003), Maithili scholar noted for his work on Panjis

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People

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