Bihar is a state of India located in the Eastern part of India. It covers an area of 94,163 square kilometers and has 37 districts including Patna as its capital. Chatt Puja, Sama-Chakeva and Panchami are major festivals and paddy, wheat and maize are major crops of Bihar. It is bordered by Nepal in the North, by West Bengal in the East, by Uttar Pradesh in the West and by Jharkhand in the South. Agriculture is the main occupation of around 80 percent population of the state.
Most of the tourist places of this state are strongly connected with some of the major religions of the world like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. As per 2011 population census, the population of Bihar is 104,099,452.
The list of chief ministers of Bihar is as follows:
| Sr. No. | Name | From | To | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krishna Singh | 2, Apr 1946 | 31, Jan 1961 | INC |
| 2 | Deep Narayan Singh | 1, Feb 1961 | 18, Feb 1961 | INC |
| 3 | Binodanand Jha | 18, Feb 1961 | 2, Oct 1963 | INC |
| 4 | K. B. Sahay | 2, Oct 1963 | 5, Mar 1967 | INC |
| 5 | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha | 5, Mar 1967 | 28, Jan 1968 | JKD |
| 6 | Satish Prasad Singh | 28, Jan 1968 | 1, Feb 1968 | INC |
| 7 | B. P. Mandal | 1, Feb 1968 | 2, Mar 1968 | INC |
| 8 | Bhola Paswan Shastri | 22, Mar 1968 | 29, Jun 1968 | INC (O) |
| President’s rule | 29, Jun 1968 | 26, Feb 1969 | N/A | |
| 9 | Harihar Singh | 26, Feb 1969 | 22, Jun 1969 | INC |
| 10 | Bhola Paswan Shastri | 22, Jun 1969 | 4, Jul 1969 | INC (O) |
| President’s rule | 6, Jul 1969 | 16, Feb 1970 | N/A | |
| 11 | Daroga Prasad Rai | 16 February. 1970 | 22, Dec 1970 | INC |
| 12 | Karpoori Thakur | 22, Dec 1970 | 2, Jun 1971 | Socialist Party |
| 13 | Bhola Paswan Shastri | 2, Jun 1971 | 9, Jan 1972 | INC |
| President’s rule | 9, Jan 1972 | 19, Mar 1972 | N/A | |
| 14 | Kedar Pandey | 19, Mar 1972 | 2, Jul 1973 | INC |
| 15 | Abdul Gafoor | 2, Jul 1973 | 11, Apr 1975 | INC |
| 16 | Jagannath Mishra | 11, Apr 1975 | 30, Apr 1977 | INC |
| President’s rule | 30, Apr 1977 | 24, Jun 1977 | N/A | |
| 17 | Karpoori Thakur | 24, Jun 1977 | 21, Apr 1979 | JNP |
| 18 | Ram Sundar Das | 21, Apr 1979 | 17, Feb 1980 | JNP |
| President’s rule | 17, Feb 1980 | 8, Jun 1980 | N/A | |
| 19 | Jagannath Mishra | 8, Jun 1980 | 14, Aug 1983 | INC (I) |
| 20 | Chandrashekhar Singh | 14, Aug 1983 | 12, Mar 1985 | INC (I) |
| 21 | Bindeshwari Dubey | 12, Mar 1985 | 13, Feb 1988 | INC (I) |
| 22 | Bhagwat Jha Azad | 14, Feb 1988 | 10, Mar 1989 | INC (I) |
| 23 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha | 11, Mar 1989 | 6, Dec 1989 | INC (I) |
| 24 | Jagannath Mishra | 6, Dec 1989 | 10, Mar 1990 | INC (I) |
| 25 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | 10, Mar 1990 | 28, Mar 1995 | JD |
| President’s rule | 28, Mar 1995 | 4, Apr 1995 | ||
| 26 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | 4, Apr 1995 | 25, Jul 1997 | JD, RJD |
| 27 | Rabri Devi | 25, Jul 1997 | 11, Feb 1999 | RJD |
| President’s rule | 11, Feb 1999 | 9, Mar 1999 | ||
| 28 | Rabri Devi | 9, Mar 1999 | 2, Mar 2000 | RJD |
| 29 | Nitish Kumar | 3, Mar 2000 | 10, Mar 2000 | JD(U) |
| 30 | Rabri Devi | 11, Mar 2000 | 6, Mar 2005 | RJD |
| President’s rule | 7, Mar 2005 | 24, Nov 2005 | ||
| 31 | Nitish Kumar | 24, Nov 2005 | 20, May 2014 | JD(U) |
| 32 | Jitan Ram Manjhi | 20, May 2014 | 22, Feb 2015 | JD(U) |
| 33 | Nitish Kumar | 22, Feb 2015 | Nov 20, 2015 | JD(U) |
| 34 | Nitish Kumar | Nov 20, 2015 | Nov 16, 2020 | JD(U) |
| 35 | Nitish Kumar | Nov 16, 2020 | Present | JD(U) |
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