Chief Ministers of Bihar
In office 3 March 2000 – 10 March 2000
Deputy CM	Sushil Kumar Modi
Preceded by	President's rule
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2005
Preceded by	Rabri Devi
Minister of Railways
In office 20 March 2001 – 21 May 2004
Preceded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Succeeded by	Lalu Prasad Yadav
In office 19 March 1998 – 5 August 1999
Minister of Agriculture
In office 27 May 2000 – 21 July 2001
In office 22 November 1999 – 3 March 2000
Minister of Surface Transport
In office 13 Oct 1999 – 22 November 1999
In office 14 April 1998 – 5 August 1999
Personal details
Born	1 March 1951 (age 60) Bakhtiarpur, Patna
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Janata Dal (United)
Spouse(s)	Late Smt. Manju Kumari Sinha
Children	Nishant Kumar (son)
Residence	1 Anne Marg, Patna
Alma mater	National Institute of Technology, Patna
Profession	Politician Social Worker Agriculturist Engineer
Religion	Hinduism

 Nitish Kumar was born in Bakhtiarpur, Bihar.His father Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh was a freedom fighter and was close to the great Gandhian Bihar Bibhuti Anugrah Narayan Sinha, one of the founders of modern Bihar ,Mother Parmeshwari Devi is a house wife.His nickname is 'Munna'. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bihar College of Engineering, 

Ayodhya^[1] was the capital of Dasharatha in Dwapara Yuga. After Lord Ram's rule ended, they migrated and settled at the banks of rivers like the Ganges, the Gandaki, the Gomti, the Ghaghara and the Saryu. They started getting involved with agricultural activities and improved their agricultural techniques. Historians say that Awadhiya Kshatriya people are elite agrarian warriors and are a sub-caste of Kurmi Kshatriya caste. They are mostlly settled in Patna, Chhapra, districts of Bihar and near the districts of Uttar Pradesh. Their religions were Purvanchal and Awadh. They are ancestrally land lord farmers

Awadhiya Kshatriya
Varna	Suryavanshi Kshatriya
Gotra	Kashyap
Kuladevta (male)	Kuldevta Sokha Baba
Religions	Hinduism
Languages	Hindi, Bhojpuri, Magahi andAwadhi
Country	India
Populated States	Uttar Pradesh, Bihar andJharkhand
Region	Awadh,Purvanchal,Eastern India
Population	2.1 million (9 Lac in Bihar and 12 Lac in Uttar Pradesh)
Family names	Singh,Sinha,Patel,Awadhiya
Kingdom (original)	Ayodhya

Awadhiya means people of Awadh or Ayodhya.This Sub-Caste is commonly known as  “Awadhiya kshatriya” or “Awadhiya Kurmi” or simply “Awadhiya”.They are “Suryavanshi Kshatriya” in origin and also known as Raghuvanshi.They are believed to be Ancestors of  Law.There rank among Kurmis of Bihar  and Jharkhand is Heighest.They migrated from Ayodhya in the era of Babar to areas of Purvanchal and Bhojpuri speaking areas. This is a phrase that explains about Awadhiya

वैसवास वंशवार औधिया सचान

 और चौधरी चौहान राजपूत परुवार है /

Here in the above paragraph shows the according to the heraldic names “vansha/vanshwar” Awadhiya , sachan , chowdhry, chowhan are Kurmi Kshatriya subcastes that are similar to Rajputs as they were landowning zamindars.

Famous zamindars of Awadhiya kurmi in British era-

Ram Ayodhya Singh-Zamindar in Dighwara Bihar

Ram Parikhsan Singh-Zamindar in Dariyapur ,Saran district

Present settlements-

Total population of Awadhiya people is 21 lakhs.(2.1 millions) around 15 lakhs are in Bihar and 6 lakhs are in Uttar Pradesh.

In Uttar Pradesh-

They are known as Thakurs.They are found in these Districts Gorakhpur, Azamgarh ,Deoria ,Basti ,Ballia ,Kushinagar etc.

In Bihar-

Patna,Chapra(saran),Nalanda,Biharsharif,Siwan,Arra(Bhojpur),Hajipur(vaishali District),Buxer,Gopalganj,Danapur in Bhagalpur districts also.

In Jharkhand-

They are not found in Jharkhand but they migrated as they were one of the educated caste in Bihar .During Industrialisation of Bihar  in 60’s they Migrated there in Ranchi,Bokaro,Jamsedpur as in Ranchi and Bokaro they are heighest in number.after partition they are now in Jharkhand they are mostly migrated from ABC districts ie Arra,Ballia and Chapra.

Culture-

Highly endogamous that means marriage in other subcastes of Kurmi Kshatriya is prohibited. They marry within Awadhiya caste only.They are Aryans in Race.

Famous Awadhiya people in present date

At rural level they are farmers.But at City level they are Businessman, Doctors, Engineers and there frequency in high level jobs is very high in comparison of other Kurmi subcastes.

Dr.S.N.Arya –  Padmashree Award winner Cardiologist from                              Patna.

Nitish Kumar- Ex. Chief Minister of Bihar

Krishna Kumar Singh- MLA of Amnour Vidhan Sabha                                       Constituency.

Punam Devi,     MLA of Digha Vidhan Sbha Constituency.

Shyam  Bahadur Singh,    MLA from Jiradei Constituency.

Sanjay Singh (Gandhiji),   MLC.

Balmiki Singh,   MLC

Titles used by Awadhiya kurmi-

Singh, Sinha ,Patel ,Chowdhry , Awadhiya , Kumar

Reservation Status-

Bihar- Upper Backward Class 12 % reservation only.

Uttar Pradesh- Other Bachward Class

Jharkhand- General (all migratory castes are considerd General in Jharkahnd)

All over India- other Backward Class.

List engraved names  on Martyr's Memorial

Following are the martyrs, whose names are engraved on Martyr's Memorial, in which three are 

belongs to Awadhiya.

• Umakant Prasad Sinha(Raman Ji) - Ram Mohan Roy Seminary,class IX, Narendrapur, Saran (जिरादेई, जैसवार कुर्मी)
• Ramanand Singh - Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Sahadat Nagar (at present Dhanarua), Patna                                                                                              (Belongs to Awadhiya)
• Satish Prasad Jha - Patna Collegiate School, class X, Khadahara, Bhagalpur
• Jagatpati Kumar - Bihar National College, 2nd year, Kharati, Aurangabad
• Devipada Choudhry - Miller High English School, class IX, Silhat, Jamalpur (बंगलादेश, पिता स्व देवेन्द्र नाथ चौधरी )
• Rajendra Singh - Patna High English School, matric class, Banwari Chak, Saran                           (Belongs to Awadhiya)
• Ramgovind Singh - Punpun High English School, matric class IX, Dasharatha, Patna                          (Belongs to Awadhiya)