| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 247 |
| Mod | Reciprocating engined |
| Built by | Garden Reach Shipbuilding & Engineers Ltd. (Ranchi, India) |
| Ordered | 14 Oct 1940 |
| Laid down | 7 Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 7 Jul 1942 |
| Commissioned | 27 Feb 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped in 1949. |
Commands listed for HMIS Bihar (J 247)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Walter Leslie Deeble, DSC, RINR | 7 Aug 1943 | 19 Aug 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. John Vendrell, RINR | 19 Aug 1944 |
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Notable events involving Bihar include:
15 Jul 1944
The British merchant Tanda is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-181 northwest of Mangalore in the Arabian Sea in position 13°22'N, 74°09'E. HMIS Bihar (T/Lt. W.L. Deeble, DSC, RINR) and HMS Monkshood (Lt. G.W. McGuinness, RNR) together pick up 197 survivors.