Consider these facts from Ancient, medieval and modern history (source: wikipedia):
- The greatest Indian empire, the Mauryan empire, originated from Magadha in 325 BC, it was started by Chandragupta Maurya who was born in Magadha, and had its capital at Patliputra (modern Patna). The Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka, who was born in Patliputra (Patna) is believed to be one of the greatest rulers in the h
istory of India and the world.
- The Vikramshila and Nalanda universities were among the oldest and best centres of education in ancient India.
- The Gupta Empire, which again originated from Magadha in 240 CE, is referred to as the Golden Age of India in science, mathematics, astronomy, religion and Indian philosophy.
- Babu Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur and his army, as well as countless other persons from Bihar, contributed to the India's First War of Independence (1857), also called the Sepoy Mutiny by some historians.
- It was from Bihar that Mahatma Gandhi launched his pioneering civil-disobedience movement, Champaran Satyagraha.
- Bihar made an immense contribution to the Freedom Struggle, with outstanding leaders like Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Sri Krishna Sinha, Dr.Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Sri. Krishna Ballabh Sahay, Brajkishore Prasad, Mulana Mazharul Haque, Jayaprakash Narayan Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Basawon Singh, Rameshwar Prasad Sinha, Yogendra Shukla, Baikuntha Shukla, Sheel Bhadra Yajee, Pandit Yamuna Karjee and many others who worked for India's freedom relentlessly and helped in the upliftment of the underprivileged masses.[52] Khudiram Bose, Upendra Narayan Jha "Azad", Prafulla Chaki and Baikuntha Shukla were active in revolutionary movement in Bihar. This is what we hear about Bihar now:
- BIhar is the 'BI' of BIMARU state signifying the rot in governance.
- A word 'Bihari' is usually spoken in bad terms.
- Bihar stands for corruption, gunda gardi and jungle raj. However, the perception of Bihar and Biharis remains bad. Bihar Journal is an attempt to resurrect the image of our state by making rest of the world aware of what Biharis have done and the promises that Bihar Brand can have. We invite all like minded people to come and join us in spreading good words about genuinely good poeple of Bihar.
