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Etymology The word "Jhar" means 'forest' and "Khand" means 'land' in various Indo-Aryan languages. Thus "Jharkhand" means forest land. In the ancient period, in the Mahabharata, the region was referred as Kark Khand due to location near Kark Rekha, that is, Tropic of Cancer. During the Medieval period, the region was known as Jharkhand. According to Bhavishya Purana (1200 CE), Jharkhand was ...
The Government of Jharkhand also known as the State Government of Jharkhand, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Jharkhand and its 24 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Jharkhand, a judiciary and a legislative branch. Like other states of India, the head of state ...
Jharkhand Academic Council (abbreviated as JAC ), is a state government agency responsible for academic administration in the state of Jharkhand, India. The agency is amended to supervise the government recognized academic institutions, including primary and higher secondary schools. It was established by the government of Jharkhand after the ...
Website. Official website. Jharkhand Human Rights Commission is a statutory organisation created as per "The Protection of Human Rights Act of 1993 for India" for the state of Jharkhand to inquire into human rights violations for subjects referred in the state list and concurrent list mentioned in the seventh schedule of the constitution of India.
His successor Arjun Munda, also from the BJP, is the longest-serving chief minister; he served for over five years, across three terms but never completed a full term. Three chief ministers, Shibu Soren, his son Hemant Soren, and Champai Soren, represented the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Shibu Soren's first term ended in just ten days, as he ...
The Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Jharkhand. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the ...
Last election. 30 November - 20 December 2019. Next election. November - December 2024. Meeting place. Jharkhand Vidhansabha, Kute village, Ranchi. Website. jharkhandvidhansabha .nic .in. The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand .
30 November - 20 December 2019. Next election. November - December 2024. Meeting place. Jharkhand Vidhansabha, Kute village, Ranchi. Website. jharkhandvidhansabha .nic .in. The 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly was constituted after the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. It is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand .