Murho Estate Explained
The Murho Estate was a chieftaincy and later a zamindari (estate) of Yadav (Ahir)[1] [2] in erstwhile Bhagalpur district of Bihar (now in Madhepura district).[3] [4]
Conventional Long Name: | Murho Estate |
Common Name: | Murho |
Government Type: | Zamindari Estate |
Year Start: | 1700 |
Event End: | Zamindari Abolition |
Year End: | 1949 |
S1: | Dominion of India |
Flag S1: | Flag of India.svg |
Flag Border: | no |
Common Languages: | Thēthi, Hindi |
Currency: | Indian Rupee |
Leader1: | Babu Panchanan Mandal (first) |
Leader2: | Babu Bhuvaneshvari Prasad Mandal (last) |
Year Leader1: | Unknown |
Year Leader2: | 1919–1949 |
Title Leader: | Zamindar |
Today: | Bihar, Republic of India |
The name of the estate derives from a Murho village of Madhepura District.[5] [6] Members of the Murho family were very big landlords of the Kosi division.[7]
History
The Murho Zamindari (Estate) was ruled by Majhraut clan of Yadava.[8]
Rash Bihari Lal Mandal
See main article: Rash Bihari Lal Mandal.
Babu Rasbihari Lal was an ardent freedom fighter, philanthropist and social reformer.[9] According to litterateur Dr. Bhupendra Narayan Madhepuri, Rasbihari Babu was scholarly in many languages like Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, English, French and Sanskrit.[10]
Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal
See main article: B.P. Mandal. Chairman of Mandal Commission and former Chief Minister of Bihar, Babu B.P. Mandal was born in Murho raj family.[11] [12] [13] He was the third son of Zamindar Babu Ras Bihari Lal Mandal.[14]
List of Zamindars
- Babu Sri Panchanan Mandal was the first chieftain 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.[15]
- 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.[16]
- Babu Kamleshwari Prasad Mandal, he was member of Bihar legislative council in 1937.[17] [18] [19]
- Babu Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal, Former Chief Minister of Bihar and Chairman of Backward Classes Commission.
Notes and References
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- Book: Śāstrī, Mahendra Nārāyaṇa Paṅkaja. Apamāna. 1994. Tūlikā Prakāśana. hi.
- Book: Datta, Kalikinkar. History of the Freedom Movement in Bihar. 1957. Government of Bihar. en.
- Web site: Pin Code: MURHO, MADHEPURA, BIHAR, India, Pincode.net.in. 2021-03-08. pincode.net.in.
- Book: Witsoe, Jeffrey. Democracy against Development: Lower-Caste Politics and Political Modernity in Postcolonial India. 2013-11-05. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-06350-8. en.
- Book: Bihar (India). Bihar District Gazetteers: Bhagalpur. Choudhury. Pranab Chandra Roy. 1957. Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar. en.
- Web site: 2020-08-25. प्रखर स्वतंत्रता सेनानी रासबिहारी मण्डल की पुण्यतिथि पर "द रिपब्लिकन टाइम्स" की अतिथि संपादक प्रसन्ना सिंह राठौर की ✍️ से एक खास प्रस्तुति. 2022-02-12. Republican Times. en-US.
- Web site: बाबू रासबिहारी लाल मंडल की पुण्यतिथि मनी. 2021-03-08. Hindustan. hindi.
- Book: Sinha, Arun. Nitish Kumar and the Rise of Bihar. 2011. Penguin Books India. 978-0-670-08459-3. en.
- Web site: 2020-04-10. बिन्देश्वरी प्रसाद मंडल की जीवनी- Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal Biography In Hindi. 2021-03-08. Newstrend. hi-IN.
- Web site: 2020-10-23. In Bihar, the importance of being Nitish Kumar. 2021-03-08. Hindustan Times. en.
- Web site: मंडल रिपोर्ट ने बदली थी राजनीति की दिशा. 2022-02-12. Prabhat Khabar - Hindi News. 24 August 2016 . hi.
- Book: Datta, Kalikinkar . History of the Freedom Movement in Bihar . 1957 . Government of Bihar . en.
- Book: Sewak, Ram . History of Bihar Between the Two World Wars, 1919-1939 . 1985 . Inter-India Publications . 978-81-210-0083-3 . en.
- Book: Somanaboina . Simhadri . The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development . Ramagoud . Akhileshwari . 2021-11-15 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-000-46280-7 . en.
- Book: Congress, Indian History . Proceedings . 1995 . Indian History Congress . en.
- Book: Bihar men samajik parivartan ke kuchh ayam . 2001 . Vani Prakashan . 978-81-7055-755-5 . hi.