Question

Who among the following was the first governor of Bihar after India got independence?
1. Madhav Shrihari Aney
2. R. R. Diwakar
3. Phagu Chauhan
4. Jairamdas Daulatram

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Jairamdas Daulatram

The correct answer is option (4) i.e. Jairamdas Daulatram.

• Jairamdas Daulatram was very dear to Mahatma Gandhi and he was described as the 'Lamp in the Desert' by Sarojni Naidu.
• Bihar and Orissa separated from Bengal Presidency in 1912 as a single province and later Orissa became a separate province under the Government of India Act of 1935 and thus Bihar became an administrative unit of British India.
• At the time of Independence in 1947, the State of Bihar, with the same geographic boundary, formed a part of the Republic of India, until 1956.
• In 1956, an area in the south-east, predominantly the district of Purulia, was separated and incorporated into West Bengal as part of the Linguistic Reorganization of Indian States.