Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa

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The Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa was the British colonial official who served as the chief administrative and executive authority over the combined province of Bihar and Orissa in British India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative office
government position
appliesToJurisdiction Bihar
Orissa
Bihar and Orissa Province
surface form: Province of Bihar and Orissa
appliesToPeriod late British colonial period in India
appliesToTerritorialEntity Bihar and Orissa Province
appointedBy British Crown
Viceroy of India
country British India
dissolved 1936
endCause separation of Bihar and Orissa into separate provinces
followedBy Governor of Bihar
Governor of Orissa
governmentType colonial provincial administration
hasCapital Patna
hasJurisdictionOver civil administration in Bihar and Orissa
law and order in Bihar and Orissa
revenue administration in Bihar and Orissa
hasLegalForm Crown colony provincial office
hasPart Legislative Council of Bihar and Orissa
surface form: executive council of Bihar and Orissa
historicalRegion eastern India
surface form: Eastern India
historicalSubordination India Office in London
inception 1912
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hindi
Odia
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bihar and Orissa Province
officeCreatedBy reorganization of Bengal Presidency
officeHolderRole chief administrative authority of Bihar and Orissa
chief executive authority of Bihar and Orissa
officeScope executive authority over provincial government
implementation of policies of Government of India in the province
partOf British India
surface form: British Raj
politicalIdeology British imperialism
replacedBy separate provincial governorships for Bihar and Orissa
replaces administration of Bihar under Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
administration of Orissa under Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
residence Government House, Patna
seatOfGovernment Patna
sharesBorderWithJurisdiction Bengal Presidency
Central Provinces
surface form: Central Provinces and Berar

Madras Presidency
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
subordinateTo Governor-General
surface form: Governor-General of India

Viceroy of India

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Bihar and Orissa Province headOfGovernmentTitle Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa
Legislative Council of Bihar and Orissa subordinateTo Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa
this entity surface form: Governor of Bihar and Orissa