Bihar Day
This year we are celebrating 109th formation day of Bihar. Back in the year 1912, on this day, that is 22nd March; Bihar was separated from Bengal and was made a state. At that time Odisa (today’s Odisha) and Jharkhand were with Bihar. This day was first celebrated in 2010 under Nitish government. This year theme of Bihar day is ‘Jal, Jiwan, Hariyali.
Bihar is a state of culture, tradition, food and festivals. Our ex President Dr. Abdul Kalam Azad has seen Bihar very closely and said that, if there is improvement in our education system then Bihar can again lead nation towards right path.
Nowadays we see that there is 35% reservation for women. This idea was proposed and practiced first time in Bihar. In 2005 government changed in Bihar and Nitish Kumar government came into power, after this within one year and for the first time 50% reservation was provided to women in Bihar Panchayat for all posts. Following this many other states started giving reservation to women. Providing free cycles to girls was first started in Bihar itself. This indeed turned today as girls are more as compared to boys in schools.
Still, today, Bihar is doing well in all sectors to the society. Bihar celebrates festivals like Chatt Pooja and Durga Pooja in very joyous manner. People living in Bihar mainly speak Bhojpuri, Maithili and Magahi language. Bhojpuri is spoken in western districts like Bhojpur, Rohtas, Saran and east and west Champaran; Maithili is spoken in Madhubani, Darbhanga and Saharsa; and Magahi in Patna Gaya and Munger. The cultural region of Bihar shows a close affinity with linguistic languages. Maithili is language of old Mithila (the area of ancient Vide ha, now Tirhut), which is dominated by Maithil Brahmans way of life. Maithili is the only Bihari language with a script of its own called Tirhuta, earliest and most celebrated writers in Maithili was Vidyapati (15th century), noted for his lyrics of love and devotion. Bhojpuri is hardly written literature, whereas, Magahi too has a rich tradition in oral narrative tradition.
