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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]
Ashwani Kumar notes that the upper backward classes like bhumihar Brahmins Koeri, and Kurmi have become the new class of capitalist landlords or kulaks who are equally ruthless than the feudal, who were dominantly Kshatriya, landlords if not more. Many Upper OBC commit atrocities and prey exclusively upon Dalit women who work on their fields. [22]
Banaili Estate of Bihar - ruled by Chaudhary Bahadhur lineage - (Maithil Brahmins) Baudh State was a princely state ruled by a Brahmin family who adopted a nephew of the Raja of Keonjhar as successor; Benares State, a 13 gun salute (15 gun salute local) state ruled by Bhumihar Brahmins; Bettiah Raj ruled by Bhumihar Brahmins
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 ...
The important castes with political presence and influence in Bihar includes: Yadav, Koeri, Kurmi, Rajput, Bhumihar, and Brahmin. Before 1990, politics was dominated by Forward Castes– Brahmin, Rajput, Bhumihar, and Kayastha. The numerous Other Backward Class group was only given a token representation in the government.
The descendants of which are among the present day Kashyap gotra of Bhumihar Brahmin. [2] A branch of this clan also set up residence at a place called Jaithar Saran near Champaran, [3] and later moved east and established a state at Bettiah in Bihar. They were known as the Bhumihar Brahmin.
Brahmin (/ ˈ b r ɑː m ɪ n /; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण, romanized: brāhmaṇa) is a varna within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya , Vaishya and Shudra .
Ojha is a surname for Hindu Sikhwal Brahmins, Shrimali Brahmins, Atri Gotra Brahmin, Saraswat Brahmin, Bhumihar Brahmins, Kanya Kubj Brahmin, Saryuparin Brahmin, Nepali, Vishwakarma Brahmin, [1] and Bengali Brahmin of India and Nepal. Ojhas are considered to be worshipers of Durga, Saraswati, Hanuman, Mahalakshmi and Shiva.