Bihar Province Bihar Province Bihar Province was a province of British India, created in 1936 by the partition of the Bihar and Orissa Province. In 1756 Bihar was part of Bengal. On 14 October 1803 Orissa was occupied by the British Raj. On 1 April 1912 both Bihar and Orissa were separated from Bengal as Bihar and Orissa Province. On 1 April 1936 Bihar and Orissa became separate provinces. The Government of India Act provided for the election of a provincial legislative assembly and a responsible government. Elections were held in 1937, and the Indian National Congress took a majority of the
Provinces of Korea district ("Ginae;" 기내; ) and twelve administrative districts ("Mok;" 목; )" (Nahm 1988), which were soon redivided into ten provinces ("Do"). In 1009 the country was again redivided, this time into one royal district, five provinces ("Do") and two frontier districts ("Gye;" 계; ?). After the Joseon Dynasty's rise to power and the formation of Joseon in 1392, the country was redivided into eight new provinces ("Do") in 1413. The provincial boundaries closely reflected major regional and dialect boundaries, and are still often referred to in Korean today simply as the Eight Provinces ("Paldo"). In 1895, as part of the