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Bihar, a Hindi-belt state with a population of 104 million, has always remained a complete puzzle to observers of Indian affairs. This is because, compared to the other regional states of India, it seems to have followed a quite different path of economic and political development over the past few decades.
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Minato, K. (2011). Historical Origins of Underdevelopment and a Captured Democracy: An Analytical Narrative of Bihar. In: Hirashima, S., Oda, H., Tsujita, Y. (eds) Inclusiveness in India. IDE-JETRO Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230304956_9
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