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 Rwanda that the previous twelve had with events from the genocide. Until 2002 the provinces were called prefectures ("perefegitura"). As of January 1, 2006 the five provinces of Rwanda are: Prior to 2006 the provinces were: Provinces of Rwanda The Provinces of Rwanda, called "intara", are divided into districts ("akarere") and municipalities ("umujyi"). Prior to January 1, 2006, Rwanda was composed of 12 provinces. The Rwandan Government decided to establish new provinces in an attempt to address issues that arose from the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. The first goal was to decentralise power. The perception was that Rwanda's centralised