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Bihar

or Be·har

[ bih-hahr ]

noun

  1. a state in NE India. 38,301 sq. mi. (99,200 sq. km). : Patna.
  2. a city in the central part of this state.


Bihar

/ bɪˈhɑː /

noun

  1. a state of NE India: consists of part of the Ganges plain; important for rice: lost the S to the new state of Jharkhand in 2000. Capital: Patna. Pop: 82 878 796 (2001). Area: 99 225 sq km (38 301 sq miles)


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The midday meal was cooked and served to the kids at a school near Chapra, in the northern state of Bihar.

He left his home in distant Bihar when he was harassed and beaten by thugs.

It was in Bihar which was then a part of Bengal, that in 1908, the first bomb was thrown.

"Henczida to Bonczida," names of villages, the former in the county of Bihar, the latter in Kolozs.

This town in Bihar, about two hundred miles from Calcutta, is blessed with one of the most healthful climates in India.

In Bihar from the eighth century onwards the influence of Tantrism was powerful and disastrous.

It was discovered that the whole of that fortress and city was a college and in the Hindi tongue they call a college Bihar.

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