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The Pradhan Bhumihar Brahman Sabha ("Chief Assembly of Bhumihar Brahmins") was established in Patna in 1889. Its objective was "to improve moral, social and educational reforms of the community and to represent the wants of the community to the government". [26] The Bhumihar Brahmin Mahasabha ("great assembly") was established in 1896. [27]
The Sena's action was a consequence of growing anxiety among Bhumihar Brahmins who were victims of both Afsar and Senari massacre. Senari was a village just 10 km away from the Mianpur in which 34 people of Bhumihar community were killed a year before the Afsar incident by Maoist Communist Centre. [4]
According to an India Today report, the Yadav leaders were openly preaching vendetta against the Bhumihar Brahmins after the "Barsingha massacre" in which ten Dalits were killed by "Swarna Liberation Front", a caste army of Bhumihar Brahmin landlords.
Bhumihar brahmin/babhan are totally distinct community from Rajputs and have ancient brahmnic origin from magadh. Babhan/bhumihar shared only one trait with rajput i.e both were royal and aristocratic class of hindu society. Bhumihar brahmin is a modern name to old babhans which was popularized by many wealthy landlords or kings like kashi naresh.
Subordination and discrimination comprised the characteristics which defined agrarian relations in Bihar during the Mughal and East India Company period. Land holding defined the hierarchy of castes in agrarian society where the upper-castes which included Brahmin, Bhumihar and Rajputs worked for the Mughal central authority and were involved in the collection of land revenue and quelling any ...
Districts affected by the Ranvir Sena. The Ranvir Sena is a militia functioning as a landlord group, [2] mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. [3] The group was formed by Bhumihar Brahmin landlords under the leadership of Brahmeshwar Mukhiya [4] in 1994, with the aim to counter the influence of various left-wing militants, Naxalite groups and the Communist Party of India (Marxist ...
This culminated in a large-scale movement in support of abolition led by lower-castes. The Bhumihar zamindars realised that abolition was going to occur and planned for abolition to be on their terms. [21] However, the Rajput-Kayastha zamindars strongly resisted this. Eventually, the Bihar Abolition of Zamindaris Act was passed in 1949. [21 ...
The majority of these zamindars usually belonged to upper-caste Hindu communities such as Maithil Brahmins, Bhumihar Brahmins, Rajputs, Kayasthas or Muslims. The Bhumihar Brahmins and Rajputs holded approximately 73 percent of the total land area in Bihar with little other enterprise, land ownership in State which shows the dominance and power ...