Bihar Day

{{Short description|Day of the formation of the state of Bihar}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox holiday

| holiday_name = Bihar Day

| image =

| caption = Nitish Kumar admiring artists on Bihar Diwas

| type = state

| nickname = Bihar Diwas, Bihar Sthapana Diwas

| observedby = Bihar, India

| significance = Marks the separation of Bihar from the Bengal Presidency on March 22, 1912

| firsttime = 22 March 2010

| scheduling = same day each year

| date = 22 March

| duration = 1 day

| frequency =

| alt =

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Bihar Day (Bihar Diwas) is observed every year on March 22,{{Cite web|date=2021-03-22|title=बिहार दिवस विशेष: ऐसे अस्तित्व में आया अपना बिहार, ...जानें|url=https://www.mpost.website/jara-hat-ke/bihar-do-you-know-first-name-of-the-state.html|access-date=2021-08-24|website=MPost|language=en-US}} marking the formation of the state of Bihar. On 22 March 1912, the Bihar and Orissa divisions of the Bengal Province were separated to form the Province of Bihar and Orissa in British India.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/stage-set-for-105th-bihar-diwas/articleshow/57759419.cms|title=Stage set for 105th Bihar Diwas|website=The Times of India|date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324163202/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com:80/city/patna/stage-set-for-105th-bihar-diwas/articleshow/57759419.cms |archive-date=24 March 2017 }}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-diwas-sunidhi-chauhan-to-perform-at-gandhi-maidan-on-mar-22/articleshow/57597436.cms|title=Bihar Diwas: Sunidhi Chauhan to perform at Gandhi Maidan on Mar 22|website=The Times of India|date=12 March 2017 |url-status=live|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315162614/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com:80/city/patna/bihar-diwas-sunidhi-chauhan-to-perform-at-gandhi-maidan-on-mar-22/articleshow/57597436.cms |archive-date=15 March 2017 }} The day is a public holiday in Bihar.{{cite web|title=Bihar Diwas marks public Holiday in Bihar|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2012/03/bihar-diwas-marks-public-holiday-in-bihar/|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=22 March 2014}}

Bihar Day was started and celebrated on large scale by Bihar Government in the tenure of Nitish Kumar.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-23 |title=Bihar Diwas celebrated withpride across country, abroad |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-diwas-celebrated-withpride-across-country-abroad/articleshow/90385302.cms |access-date=2024-11-27 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} Apart from India, it is celebrated in countries including the United States, Germany,{{Cite web|url=https://www.livebiharnews.in/news/bihar-diwas-to-be-celebrated-in-germany.html|title=26 मई को जर्मनी में मनेगा बिहार दिवस, ...जानिए|date=2018-03-30|website=Live Bihar News {{!}} लाइव बिहार न्यूज़|language=hi-IN|access-date=2019-09-22|archive-date=22 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922040210/https://www.livebiharnews.in/news/bihar-diwas-to-be-celebrated-in-germany.html|url-status=dead}} Britain (Scotland),{{Cite news|url=https://www.livebiharnews.in/news/bihar-diwas-celebrated-in-patna-of-scotland.html|title=सात समंदर पार स्कॉटलैंड के पटना में कुछ इस तरह मनाया गया बिहार दिवस|date=2018-03-21|work=Live Bihar News {{!}} लाइव बिहार न्यूज़|access-date=2018-03-21|language=hi-IN|archive-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321193053/https://www.livebiharnews.in/news/bihar-diwas-celebrated-in-patna-of-scotland.html|url-status=dead}} Australia, Canada, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius.{{cite web|title=Bihar Day to be celebrated in seven countries|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2011/03/bihar-day-to-be-celebrated-in-seven-countries/|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=22 March 2014}}