Government of Bihar

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Government of Bihar
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Seat of Government	Patna
Executive Governor : Raghunanthanlal Bhatia Chief Minister : Nitish Kumar Deputy Chief Minister : Sushil Kumar Modi
Legislative Assembly :Bihar Legislative Assembly Speaker : Uday Narayan Chaudhury Deputy Speaker : {{{dpy_speaker}}} Members in Assembly  : {{{member_in_assembly}}} Council Bihar Legislative Council Chairman : Prof. Arun Kumar Deputy Chairman : {{{dpy_chairman}}} Members in Council  : {{{member_in_council}}}
Judiciary High Court : Patna High Court Chief Justice :Justice R.M. Lodha
http://gov.bih.nic.in/

The Government of Bihar locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Bihar and its 38 districts of it's ( divisions. It consists of an excecutive, led by the Governor of Bihar, a judiciary and legislative branchs.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Bihar is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Patna is the capital of Bihar.

The Patna High Court, located patna, has jurisdiction over the whole state.

The present Legislative structure of Bihar is bicameralLegislative houses are the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Bihar Legislative Assembly) and Bihar Vidhan Parishad(Bihar Legislative Council). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved

[edit] First Government

1946:First Cabinet of Bihar formed; consisting^[1] of two members,Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha as first Chief Minister of Bihar and Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha^[2]as Bihar's first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance^[3]Minister (also in charge of Labour,Health,Agriculture and Irrigation).Other ministers are inducted later.The Cabinet served as the first Bihar Government after independence in 1947.

[edit] See also

• Administration in Bihar
• List of Chief Ministers of Bihar
• Government of India

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[edit] References

1. ^ S Shankar. "The Sri Babu-Anugrah babu government". website. http://www.indiarightsonline.com/Sabrang/india7.nsf/38b852a8345861dd65256a980059289d/43f22a268865987a652570de007d9457?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2005-04-08. 
2. ^ Kamat. "Anugrah Narayan Sinha". Kamat's archive. http://www.kamat.com/database/biographies/anugrah_narayan_sinha.htm. Retrieved on 2006-11-25. 
3. ^ Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Letters to Anugrah Narayan Sinha. "First Finance cum Labour Minister". Rajendra Prasad's archive. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=gQCRixJzOgsC&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=anugrah+babu&source=web&ots=bH3x6fPoFl&sig=n-IAOi2t6EKemPUV7BIAY2fg3_k&hl=en#PPA123,M1. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.