Bihar and Orissa Province Bihar and Orissa Province Bihar and Orissa was a province of British India which included the present-day Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and a part of Odisha. The territories were conquered by the British in the 18th and 19th centuries, and were part of the Bengal Presidency, the largest British province in India. On 22 March 1912 both Bihar and Orissa division were separated from the Bengal Presidency as Bihar and Orissa Province. On 1 April 1936 Bihar and Orissa became separate provinces. In 1756 Bihar was part of Bengal Subah of Mughal Empire while Orissa was a different Subah.
Provinces of Bulgaria Provinces of Bulgaria The provinces of Bulgaria ( Oblasti na Bǎlgarija) are the first level administrative subdivisions of the country. Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces ( – "oblasti;" singular: област – "oblast"; also translated as "regions") which correspond approximately to the 28 districts (in Bulgarian: окръг – "okrags", plural: окръзи – "okrǎzi"), that existed before 1987. The provinces are further subdivided into 265 municipalities (singular: община – "obshtina", plural: общини – "obshtini"). Sofia – the capital city of Bulgaria and the largest settlement in the country, is the administrative centre of both Sofia Province and Sofia