Bihar and Orissa Province

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former province of British India

Bihar and Orissa Province was a former administrative division of British India that encompassed the regions of present-day Bihar and Odisha.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former province of British India →
administrativeLanguage	English → Hindi → Odia →
borderedBy	Bengal Province → Central Provinces → Madras Presidency → United Provinces of Agra and Oudh →
capital	Patna →
containsRegion	Bihar → Odisha → Orissa →
continent	Asia →
country	British India →
currency	Indian rupee →
demographics	ethnically and linguistically diverse population →
dissolved	1936 →
endDate	1936 →
era	British colonial period in India →
establishedBy	Government of India Act 1912 →
event	creation of separate province from Bengal in 1912 → separation into Bihar Province and Orissa Province in 1936 →
flagBearer	British Empire →
governmentType	colonial provincial administration →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Governor of Bihar and Orissa → Lieutenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa →
historicalRegion	Eastern India →
legalStatus	province under the Viceroy of India →
legislature	Legislative Council of Bihar and Orissa →
locatedInPresentDay	Republic of India → state of Bihar → state of Odisha →
namedAfter	Bihar → Odisha → Orissa →
partOf	British Raj →
predecessor	Bengal Presidency → Bengal Province →
religionMajority	Hinduism →
religionMinority	Christianity → Islam →
separatedFrom	Bengal →
startDate	1912 →
subdivisionOf	British India →
successor	Bihar Province → Orissa Province → Province of Bihar → Province of Orissa →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United Provinces →	borderedBy
Bengal Presidency →	followedBy
Odisha (parts) ("Odia-speaking tracts of British India") →	partOf
Patna →	servedAsCapitalOf
Bihar and Orissa Province ("Province of Bihar") →	successor