Bihar Politics History : The political prism of Bihar has reflected and refracted shades of almost every ideology since India’s first general elections in 1952.

The state saw three decades of Congress dominance (1952–1990), with its first Chief Minister, Shri Krishna Singh, laying the foundation of modern Bihar. The Congress hegemony was challenged by socialist legend Rammanohar Lohia in 1967. Another leading socialist, Jayaprakash Narayan, led the 1974 Bihar Movement (the JP Movement), heralding the rise of socialist politics. Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar later cemented that legacy , ruling Bihar for 35 years, with the BJP sharing power with Nitish for about 17 of them.

Here are the five defining landmarks of Bihar’s political journey:

Congress: Shri Babu and beyond

When the hi

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