1) Bihari. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. Bihari or Biˇhaˇris1. A native or inhabitant of Bihar. 2. The Indic language of the Bihari....
2) Vajpayee, Atal Bihari. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Vajpayee, Atal Bihari, (a´tal bihar´e vaj´pi´) (KEY) , 1926-, Indian politician, prime minister of India (1996, 1998-). He began his career as a journalist, entering...
3) 1998, Feb. 16-March 15. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...the Hindu nationalists, or Baratiya Janata Party (BJP), won a major victory; Atal Bihari Vajpayee was chosen as the new prime minister, to serve for a five-year term....
4) Indo-European Family of Languages, The (table). The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sanskrit*, Vedic*Central IndicHindi, Hindustani, UrduEast IndicAssamese, Bengali, Bihari, OriyaNorthwest IndicPunjabi, SindhiPahariCentral Pahari, Eastern Pahari...
5) Bihar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...infant mortality rates. The population, c.80% Hindu, is unusually homogeneous for India. Bihari, an Indo-European language, is predominant. Bihar is governed by a...
6) Bharatiya Janata party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of a majority. Shortly thereafter, the BJP formed a government, with its leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, as prime minister, but it fell prior to a confidence vote....
7) Rakoczy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Hungary. The stirring "Rakoczy March," named in his honor, was composed (1809) by John Bihari. It was used by Berlioz in his Damnation de Faust and by Liszt in...
8) India. The World Factbook. 2003
...held NA October 1999 (next to be held NA October 2004) head of government: Prime Minister Atal Bihari VAJPAYEE (since 19 March 1998) cabinet: Council of Ministers...
9) Bangladesh. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...people per sq km). The great majority of Bangladesh's population is Bengali, although Biharis and several tribal groups constitute significant minority communities....
10) India. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...elections held early in 1998, the BJP and its allies won the most seats and BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee was named prime minister. His government fell after losing...
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