Religion in Bihar Bahá'í community-building activities in four cities from different continents, the fourth of which is Bihar Sharif. Sarnaism has a presence among the tribal populations. Religion in Bihar The main religions in the Indian state of Bihar are Hinduism (practiced by 82.7% of the population) and Islam (16.9%). Other religions are practiced by small minorities. Places in Bihar have important historical and cultural associations with Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism along with Hinduism. Since Bihar was a part of Aryavart the oldest religion of Bihar was Vedic Hinduism. The majority of the people in Bihar adhere to Hinduism (82.7%), followed by Islam
Provinces of Portugal its beginning, a policy of regionalisation of the country, which was written into the 1933 Constitution, creating new provinces, within an executive body, the "juntas de provincia" () and a deliberative body, the "conselhos provinciais" (). Created in 1936, the new provinces did not correspond to the traditional "comarcas" or "provinícias". The new territories were based on studies made by Amorim Girão, a geographer, who divided continental Portugal into 13 ""regiões naturais"" (). The provinces were: These eleven provinces corresponded each to one of the natural regions developed by Amorim Girão, with two exceptions: the natural regions of Trás-os-Montes and