List of people from Bihar
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This is a list of notable people from Bihar, India.
Ancient
- Ajatashatru
- Bindusara
- Brihadratha Maurya
- Chandragupta I
- Dhana Nanda
- Dasharatha Maurya
- Devavarman
- Guru Gobind Singh
- Janaka
- Lord Mahavira
- Shalishuka
- Shatadhanvan
- Samprati
- Sita[1][2]
- Aryabhata
- Ashoka
- Chanakya
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Gonu Jha
- Samudragupta
- Sher Shah Suri
- Vātsyāyana
- Veer Kunwar Singh
Nationalists and independence activists
- Babu Kunwar Singh
- Rajendra Prasad
- Sri Krishna Singh
- Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- Jayaprakash Narayan
- Jagjivan Ram
- Ram Subhag Singh
- Kameshwar Singh
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
- Syed Hasan Imam
- Baikuntha Shukla
- Karyanand Sharma
- Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
- Satyendra Narayan Singh
- Ram Dulari Sinha
- Basawon Singh (Sinha)
- Yamuna Karjee
- Yogendra Shukla
- Sheel Bhadra Yagee
- Yadunandan Sharma
- Rambriksh Benipuri
- Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha)
- Ram Narain Sharma
- Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi
- Radhanandan Jha
- Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
- Yadunandan Sharma
- Babu Amar Singh
Writers and scholars
- Syed Hasan
- Abdul Qavi Desnavi
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
- Ram Sharan Sharma
- Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
- Balmiki Prasad Singh
- Vidyapati
- Manoj Bhawuk
- Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
- Ramvriksh Benipuri
- Devaki Nandan Khatri
- Indradeep Sinha
- Ram Karan Sharma
- Satyapal Chandra
- Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Ram Avatar Sharma
- Nalin Vilochan Sharma
- Ganganath Jha
- R. K. Sinha
- Ramjee Singh
- Tabish Khair
- Acharya Ramlochan Saran
- Gopal Singh Nepali
- Ramesh Chandra Jha
- Binod Bihari Verma
- Acharya Rameshwar Jha
- Nagarjun
- Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
- Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
- Amitava Kumar
- Hetukar Jha
- Phanishwar Nath Renu
- Ravindra Prabhat
- Gajendra Thakur
- Kapil Muni Tiwary
- Shiv Khera
Journalists
Authors
Hindi
- Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
- Ramesh Chandra Jha
- Rambriksh Benipuri
- Sahajanand Saraswati
- Gopal Singh Nepali
- Kalanath Mishra
- Nawal Kishore Dhawal
Maithili
Bhojpuri
- Avinash Chandra Vidyarthi
- Bhikhari Thakur
- Harihar Singh
- Heera Dom
- Mahendar Misir
- Manoranjan Prasad Sinha
- Manoj Bhawuk
- Pandey Kapil
- Parichay Das
- Ramesh Chandra Jha
- Rameshwar Singh Kashyap
- Raghuveer Narayan
Bengali
English
Urdu
National and international award winners
Bharat Ratna
Padma Bhushan
Padma Shree
- Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain
- Mohan Mishra
- Narendra Kumar Pandey
- Janki Ballabh Shastri
- Sharda Sinha
- Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur
Jnanpith award
Magasaysay award
Dada Saheb Phalke award
Military Gallantry Award winners
Holders of high constitutional offices
Presidents of India
- Rajendra Prasad first President of India
Presidents of other countries
- Sir Anerood Jugnauth former President of Mauritius
- Kailash Purryag former President of Mauritius
Vice-President of other countries
- Parmanand Jha first Vice-President of Nepal
Prime ministers of other countries
- Seewoosagur Ramgoolam first Prime Minister of Mauritius
- Sir Anerood Jugnauth current Prime Minister of Mauritius
- Navin Ramgoolam former Prime Minister of Mauritius
- Girija Prasad Koirala former Prime Minister of Nepal
- 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
Advocate General of state of Bihar
- Rambalak Mahto, longest serving Advocate General of Bihar and legal advisor of Nitish Kumar.
Governors of Indian states
- Anant Sharma former Governor of Punjab and West Bengal
- Balmiki Prasad Singh current Governor of Sikkim
- Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh former Governor of Punjab
- Dinesh Nandan Sahay former Governor of Chhattisgarh
- Kailashpati Mishra former Governor of Gujarat
- Lallan Prasad Singh former Governor of Assam
- Mridula Sinha current Governor of Goa
- Nikhil Kumar current Governor of Kerala
- Prabhat Kumar former Governor of Jharkhand
- Rameshwar Thakur Former Governor of Madhya Pradesh
- Ram Dulari Sinha former Governor of Kerela
- Siddheshwar Prasad former Governor of Tripura
- Srinivas Kumar Sinha former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Assam
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
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 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Dharmendra Pradhan |
14 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
15 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Rajiv Pratap Rudy |
16 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur |
Spokesperson
- Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- Ravi Shankar Prasad (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- Shakeel Ahmad (Indian National Congress)
- Rajiv Pratap Rudy (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Politics
- Rajendra Prasad
- Jayaprakash Narayan
- Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- Sri Krishna Sinha
- Jagjivan Ram
- Ram Subhag Singh
- B.P.Mandal
- Lalit Narayan Mishra
- Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
- Ram Dulari Sinha
- Satyendra Narayan Singh
- Karpoori Thakur
- Daroga Prasad Rai
- Deep Narayan Singh
- Abdul Ghafoor
- Laxmi Narayan Singh
- Chandrashekhar Singh
- Chirag Paswan
- Faz Husain
- Kailashpati Mishra
- Lalu Prasad Yadav
- Nitish Kumar
- Nikhil Kumar
- Indradeep Sinha
- Digvijay Narain Singh
- Kapildeo Singh
- Bidhu Jha
- Ravi Shankar Prasad
- Gauri Shankar Pandey
- Tarkeshwari Sinha
- Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
- Krishna Kumar Mishra
- Srinivas Kumar Sinha
- Yashwant Sinha
- Prabhat Jha
- Sanjay Nirupam
- Mohammad Yunus
- Nawal Kishore Dhawal
- Ranjit Kumar Gupta
- Ram Kripal Sinha
- Veena Devi
- Ramgulam Chaudhary
- Jayant Sinha
- Kanhaiya Kumar
Entertainment
Film directors
- Ajit Pal Mangat
- Imtiaz Ali
- Kabeer Kaushik
- Manish Jha
- Manish Vatsalya
- Manjul Sinha
- Neeraj Pandey
- Prakash Jha
- Pritish Nandy
- Ram Gopal Bajaj
- Satyen Bose
- Sushil Rajpal
- Tapan Sinha
Actors
- Aham Sharma
- Manish Vatsalya
- Sushant Singh Rajput
- Roshan Seth
- Ashok Kumar
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Manoj Bajpai
- Manoj Bhawuk
- Akhilendra Mishra
- Abhimanyu Singh
- Adhyayan Suman
- Luv Sinha
- Pankaj Tripathi
- Shekhar Suman
- Sanjay Mishra (actor)
- Vinay Pathak
- Gurmeet Choudhary
- Vineet Kumar
- Narendra jha
- Rajesh Kumar (actor)
- Manoj Tiwari
- Pankaj Jha
- Dinesh Sharma
- R. Madhavan
- Vishal Aditya Singh
- Chandrachur Singh
- Alok Nath
- Khesari Lal Yadav
Actresses
- Pooja Sharma
- Pooja Misrra
- Prachi Sinha
- Neha Sharma
- Sandali Sinha
- Shilpa Shukla
- Neetu Chandra
- Swati Sen
- Kaveri Jha
- Neelima Azeem
- Amardeep Jha
- Suhasini Mulay
- Shilpa Singh
- Shreya Narayan
- Anurita Jha
- Rati Pandey
- Ratan Rajput
- Sriti Jha
- Richa Soni
- Ulka Gupta
- Chhavi Pandey
- Shweta Prasad
- Sonakshi Sinha
Singers
- Daler Mehndi[6]
- Kiran Ahluwalia
- Sundar Popo
- Sharda Sinha
- Manoj Tiwari
- Pawan Singh
- Deepali Kishore
- Aishwarya Nigam
- Parmanand Singh
- Maithili Thakur
Music directors
Arts
- Vidyapati
- Nagarjun
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
- Bismillah Khan
- Chandan Tiwari
- Bhikhari Thakur
- Jaydeva
- Jyotirishwar Thakur
- Srimanta Sankardeva
- Govindadas
- Acharya Ramlochan Saran
- Baldev Mishra
- Surendra Jha 'Suman'
- Radha Krishna Choudhary
- Jaykant Mishra
- Rajkamal Chaudhary
- Binod Bihari Verma
- Parichay Das
- Gajendra Thakur
- Bindhyabasini Devi
Religion
- Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas
- Dhirendra Brahmachari
- Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
- Sahadeo Tiwari
- Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi
- Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi
- Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi
- Syed Ibrahim
- Tenzin Priyadarshi
- Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri
Mathematics and science
Sports
- Saurabh Tiwary
- Saba Karim
- Kirti Azad
- Subroto Banerjee
- Shivnath Singh
- Thomas Jameson
- Zafar Iqbal
- Rashmi Kumari
- Rajesh Chauhan
- Kavita Roy
- MS Dhoni
- Veer Pratap Singh
- Varun Aaron
- Ishan Kishan
- Deepika Kumari
- Purnima Mahato
- Randhir Singh
- Premlata Agarwal
- Sanjay Balmuchu
- Lal Mohan Hansda
- Aruna Mishra
- Jaipal Singh
- Shahbaz Nadeem
- Sharad Kumar
Bureaucracy
Indian Civil Service
Indian Administrative Service
- Balmiki Prasad Singh
- N. K. Singh
- Pankaj Rag
- R. K. Singh
- U. K. Sinha
- Upamanyu Chatterjee
- Yashwant Sinha
Indian Police Service
- Abhayanand
- Lipi Singh
- J. K. Sinha
- Nikhil Kumar
- Acharya Kishore Kunal
- Randhir Prasad Verma
- Amitabh Thakur
- Ranjit Sinha
- Anil Sinha
Business
- Anil Agarwal, Vedanta Group
- Arunabh Kumar, CEO of TheViralFever
- Aditya Jha
- Sanjay Jha
- Subrata Roy, Sahara Group
- Anil Sharma, Amrapali Group
- Samprada Singh
Others
- Shaibal Gupta
- Malati Choudhury
- Subhav Sinha
- Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary
- Shyamanand Jalan
- Dashrath Manjhi
- Anand Kumar
- Anil Kumar
- Shilpa Singh
- Supriya Aiman
- Pranati Rai Prakash
- Maṇḍana Miśra
- Ganesh Dutt
- Natwarlal
References
- ^ "Sitamarhi". Britannica. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "History of Sitamarhi". Official site of Sitamarhi district. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar resigns - Times of India ►". Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM - Times of India ►". Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140921004213/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/i-m-proud-to-be-from-bihar-daler-mehndi/article1-1033035.aspx