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)

Example Sentences

Angry crowds today blocked railway tracks, set tyres ablaze, and scuffled with the police in Jehanabad, Nawada, and Chapra in the state of Bihar, according to NDTV.

From Quartz

In neighboring Bihar, the government is asking people to report “suspected illegal migrants” and officials have been ordered to create awareness of the issue on “an urgent basis.”

From Time

As the rains recede in their village of Tarauna Bhojpur in Bihar’s Araria district, the family switches back to burning wood for daily cooking.

From Quartz

Born and raised in a small village of Bihar, she was the youngest of her 12 siblings.

From No Straight News

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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