Administration in Bihar Bihar and Orissa Province was created separating from Bengal Presidency. In 1936, Bihar and Orrisa Province divided into two new provinces: Bihar Province and Orissa Province. Following Divisions were included in Bihar and Orissa Province when it separated from Bengal Presidency in 1912: On 1 April 1936 Bihar and Orissa Province was divided into two new provinces: Bihar Province and Orissa Province In 1936, Bihar became a separate province including part of Jharkhand. After the independence of India in 1951, Bihar including Jharkhand had 18 districts, and had 55 districts in 1991. In 2000, Bihar again divided into two states:
Provinces of Papua New Guinea Provinces of Papua New Guinea For administrative purposes, Papua New Guinea is divided into administrative divisions called provinces. Provincial governments are branches of the national government – Papua New Guinea is not a federation of provinces. There are 22 provinces, that includes the autonomous region (Bougainville) and the National Capital District. In 2009, the PNG parliament created two additional provinces, that officially came into being on 17 May 2012. They were Hela Province, which was split from Southern Highlands Province, and Jiwaka Province, which was split from Western Highlands Province. Each province forms a provincial electorate, called a constituency, for