{"slug": "bihar", "label": "Bihar", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1165", "qid": "Q1165", "description": "state in eastern India", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [-249, 2000], "span_label": ["250 BCE", "2000 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "lahore", "label": "Lahore", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sur-empire", "label": "Sur Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tang-dynasty", "label": "Tang dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-taizong-of-tang", "label": "Emperor Taizong of Tang", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercalli-intensity-scale", "label": "Mercalli intensity scale", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nepal", "label": "Nepal", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -249, "year_label": "250 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Mauryan sculpture Didarganj Yakshi holding a Fly Whisk, from Patna, Bihar in India, is made (approximate date). It is now kept at the Patna Museum in Patna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278897656#India", "title": "250 BC", "revid": 1278897656, "section": "Events › By place › India"}}, {"year": 440, "year_label": "440 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "A center of Buddhist studies is established at Nalanda in Bihar on the plains of the Ganges River (India).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748079#Asia", "title": "440", "revid": 1364748079, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 647, "year_label": "647 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty sends a Chinese mission to study Indian techniques of sugar manufacturing, at Bihar in the Ganges Valley.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804471#Asia", "title": "647", "revid": 1340804471, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1545, "year_label": "1545 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 16", "text": "August 16 – The elaborate Tomb of Sher Shah Suri is completed in Sasaram, three months after Sher Shah's death, in what is now India's Bihar state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366653612#July–September", "title": "1545", "revid": 1366653612, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – In India, Sikandar Shah Suri, Sultan of the Sur Empire in Punjab, surrenders the fortress at Mau in the Nurpur kingdom (now in Uttar Pradesh) after a six month siege by the Mughal Empire. Mughal General Bairam Khan allows Sikandar to live in exile in Bihar, while Bakht Mal, Raja of Nurpur is imprisoned at Lahore and later beheaded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#July–September", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1934, "year_label": "1934 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372993239#January–February", "title": "1934", "revid": 1372993239, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24–November 11 – 1946 Bihar riots: Hindu mobs target Muslim families in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in anywhere between 2,000 and 30,000 deaths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#October", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – Bihar train disaster: Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the Bagmati River in Bihar, India, killing between 500 and 800.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#June", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#December", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Bihar is divided into two parts (by the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000) and Jharkhand, the 28th state of India, is created. Hence, this day is celebrated as Jharkhand Foundation Day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371541477#November", "title": "2000", "revid": 1371541477, "section": "Events › November"}}]}