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 Thailand Interior, responsible for the provincial administration of the whole country. Starting in 1893 the already existing commissionaireships in some parts of the country were renamed "superintendent commissioner" ("khaluang Thesaphiban"), and their area of responsibility was called a "monthon". In strategically important areas the monthon were created first, while in other areas the provinces kept their independence a bit longer. Several smaller provinces were reduced in status to a "amphoe" (district) or even lower to a "tambon" (sub-district) and included in a neighboring province, sometimes for administrative reasons, but sometimes to remove an uncooperative governor. In some regions rebellions broke out