patna chief minister nitish kumar on monday released five books in hindi published by bihar state archives on different issues he said publication of such books should continue as people have developed interest in knowing their history heritage and ancestors the books released included bihar from birth to centenary bihar gaurav bihar vibhooti womens role in bihar development and role of biharis in development of urdu literature the cm said people who played role in bihars progress belonged to various fields and they were affiliated to different schools of philosophy and their works should also be documented stressing the importance of documentation of all the events and happenings he narrated an incident in which official documents of a particular place which had been encroached could not be found but ultimately that document was found preserved in khuda bakhsh library the cm said the centenary year of bihar has aroused a new sentiment among the biharis living all over the world and they were now proud of belonging to bihar he said bihar day was celebrated in russia too which was attended by over 10000 biharis refuting the charge of dividing the society nitish said he instead created a new atmosphere and changed the societys mindset and the people were now talking about progress and prosperity earlier senior politician and former governor of tripura siddheshwar prasad said the indian society and civilization is deeply rooted and linked to old traditions the archives editorial board members including imtiaz ahmad yuvaraj dev prasad nihar nandan singh ajay kumar and others also threw light on the books