Bihar ka itihaas (history of Bihar) bahut hi samriddh aur vividh hai. Yeh rajya Bharat ke purab mein sthit hai aur iski itihaasik mahatva ke liye jaana jaata hai. Bihar ka itihaas prachin kal se lekar aaj tak ke kai mahatvapurn ghatnaon se bhara hua hai.
1. **Prachin Bharat ka Kendra**: Bihar ka prachin naam 'Magadh' tha, jo ki ek mahatvapurn rajya tha. Yeh rajya Maurya aur Gupta samrajyon ka kendra tha, jahan Chandragupta Maurya ne apne samrajya ki sthaapna ki thi. Ashoka, jo ki Maurya vansh ka chhatha samrat tha, ne bhi yahaan se apni rajya ki sanchalan kiya.
2. **Vishwa Vidyalaya aur Dharma**: Nalanda aur Vikramshila jaisi prachin vishwa vidyalayon ki sthaapna bhi Bihar mein hui thi. Yeh vishwa vidyalaya vishesh roop se bauddh dharm ke prachar-prasar ke liye prasiddh the. Nalanda vishwa vidyalaya ko duniya ke prachin vishwa vidyalayon mein se ek maana jaata hai.
3. **Bhakti Andolan**: Bihar ne bhakti andolan mein bhi mahatvapurn bhumika nibhayi. Sant Eknath, Sant Tukaram aur Sant Kabir jaise dharmik guruon ne yahaan apne vicharon ka prachar kiya. Aisa maana jaata hai ki yeh andolan sampradayikta ko door karne aur samajik sudhar ke liye prabhavit rahe.
4. **British Raj aur Swatantrata Andolan**: British kolonial samrajya ke samay Bihar mein kai andolan hue, jismein Champaran Satyagraha (1917) aur Quit India Movement (1942) shamil hain. Mahatma Gandhi ne yahaan se apni swatantrata ki ladaai ki shuruaat ki thi.
5. **Aaj ka Bihar**: Aaj Bihar ek vikasashil rajya hai, jahan ki lok sanskriti, bhasha aur paramparaen bahut hi samriddh hain. Bihar ke logon ki mehnat, samarpan aur sanskriti is rajya ki pahchaan hain. Rajya ki arthik aur samajik vikas ki koshishen ab bhi jaari hain.
