Murho Estate
Murho Estate (mid-18th century to 1947) was a Zamindari (estate) of Ahir (Yadav) during British Raj in erstwhile Bhagalpur (now in Madhepura) district of Bihar.[1][2][3]
| Murho Estate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zamindari | |||||||
| Mid-18th Century–1949 | |||||||
| Historical era | Modern | ||||||
• Established | Mid-18th Century | ||||||
• Zamindari Abolition | 1949 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Bihar, Republic of India | ||||||
The name of the estate derives from a Murho village of Madhepura District.[4] Members of the Murho family were notable landlords of the Kosi division.[5][6]
History
[edit]The Murho Zamindari (Estate) was ruled by Majhraut clan of Ahir (Yadav).[7]
- Rash Bihari Lal Mandal
Babu Rash Bihari Lal was an ardent freedom fighter, social reformer and philanthropist. He became the zamindar of the Murho Estate at a very young age. According to litterateur Dr. Bhupendra Narayan Madhepuri, Rash Bihari Lal was scholarly in many languages like Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, English, French and Sanskrit.[8]
- Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal
Chairman of Mandal Commission and former Chief Minister of Bihar, Babu B.P. Mandal was born in this zamindar family.[9][10][11][12] He was the son of Zamindar Babu Ras Bihari Lal Mandal.
List of Zamindars
[edit]- Babu Sri Panchanan Mandal was the first zamindar of Murho. He had two sons, of whom the eldest son Paraw Mandal became his successor.
- Babu Paraw Mandal, He had five sons named Indrajit Mandal, Miterjit Mandal, Ramdhan Mandal, Gurdayal Mandal and Ramdayal Mandal.
- Babu Ramdayal Mandal became next chief of Zamindari. He had two sons Raghuvardayal and Kishundayal Mandal.
- Babu Raghuvardayal Mandal became head of zamindari estate in mid 19th century.
- Babu Rash Bihari lal Mandal (1880-1918), He had three sons, Bhuvneshwari Pd. Mandal, Kamleshwari Pd. Mandal and Bindheshwari Pd. Mandal.[13]
- Babu Bhuvneshwari Prasad Mandal, he took control of zamindari estate after the death of his father Rash Bihari Lal in 1918. He was member of Bihar-Orissa legislative council in 1924.[14]
- Babu Kamleshwari Prasad Mandal, he was member of Bihar legislative council in 1937.[15][16][17]
- Babu Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal, Former Chief Minister of Bihar and Chairman of Backward Classes Commission.
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Murho". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Pin Code: MURHO, MADHEPURA, BIHAR, India, Pincode.net.in". pincode.net.in. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Witsoe, Jeffrey (5 November 2013). Democracy against Development: Lower-Caste Politics and Political Modernity in Postcolonial India. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-06350-8.
- ^ Sinha, Arun (2011). Nitish Kumar and the Rise of Bihar. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-670-08459-3.
- ^ Bihar (India); Choudhury, Pranab Chandra Roy (1957). Bihar District Gazetteers: Bhagalpur. Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar.
- ^ "बाबू रासबिहारी लाल मंडल की पुण्यतिथि मनी". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Sinha, Arun (2011). Nitish Kumar and the Rise of Bihar. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-670-08459-3.
- ^ "बिन्देश्वरी प्रसाद मंडल की जीवनी- Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal Biography In Hindi". Newstrend (in Hindi). 10 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "In Bihar, the importance of being Nitish Kumar". Hindustan Times. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Maheshwari, Shriram (1991). The Mandal Commission and Mandalisation: A Critique. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-7022-338-2.
- ^ Datta, Kalikinkar (1957). History of the Freedom Movement in Bihar. Government of Bihar.
- ^ Sewak, Ram (1985). History of Bihar Between the Two World Wars, 1919-1939. Inter-India Publications. ISBN 978-81-210-0083-3.
- ^ Somanaboina, Simhadri; Ramagoud, Akhileshwari (15 November 2021). The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-46280-7.
- ^ Congress, Indian History (1995). Proceedings. Indian History Congress.
- ^ Bihar men samajik parivartan ke kuchh ayam (in Hindi). Vani Prakashan. 2001. ISBN 978-81-7055-755-5.
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