| Bihar Day to be celebrated today Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:55 PM PDT  Stage is all set for Bihar Day celebrations all over the world on March 22nd, 2011. Biharis over the world are joining the celebrations with great fanfare and pride. Bihar foundation and various Bihar related groups and associations have joined hands for the occasion across different countries and regions. The team is hosting various cultural and community gets together events to mark this momentous day. Bihar day marks the creation of the state when the British carved Bihar out of the Bengal presidency March 22, 1912. Read more about the history of Bihar's creation here. This year, Bihar Divas is being organized to mark the 99th anniversary of independent statehood of Bihar. The festival this year will be organized at a grander scale, as the state will be entering its 100th year. The HRD department will felicitate important persons who have created a niche for themselves in different fields. Grand festivities are in store for Patnaites on the occasion of Bihar Diwas celebrations set to begin on March 22. These will kick off year-long celebrations that will culminate in 2012 Bihar Diwas centenary functions. A three-day extravaganza, including cultural and academic events, will also be held at Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna. An air show could also be organized and talks were on with the Air Force for the same.The three-day cultural extravaganza at Gandhi Maidan promises to be a musical treat with pure Bihari regional flavour, including Maithili, Bhojpuri, Magahi and Angika folk songs apart from classical songs, 'qawwalis' and kavi sammelans. Bihar based associations in California, New Jersey in the US, Sydney in Australia, Seoul in South Korea, Qatar and Bahrain in the Gulf, besides Canada and Trinidad are the countries which will observe Bihar Day with pomp and grandeur.  |
| Bihar day events to be broadcasted all over the world Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:09 PM PDT Patna, March 19 (IANS) The Bihar Foundation’s California unit has plans to broadcast the ‘Bihar Divas’ (Bihar Day) celebrations March 22 from Patna to Biharis all over the world. Ravi Verma, chairman of Bihar Foundation in California in the US, told IANS over phone that the live web casting will be a small contribution from the Silicon Valley in California to make the emotional connection stronger among Biharis away from home. Bihar Foundation is a single window system of the state government to interact with non-resident Biharis around the world. The live web cast is being managed as a joint effort of state-owned Beltron and Telecommand Software Private Limited in Katihar. Preparations are in full swing here to observe the day, with the state administration busy to make it a memorable one, an official said. The British carved Bihar out of the Bengal presidency March 22, 1912.  Get growth and development stories of Bihar daily to your inbox  |
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