So I think no need to show such sacrifices in this nation while being a Brahmin. Instead try to support ur own community while using such perks.
Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey (1/11 Gorkha Rifles), one of India’s fiercest war heroes who made the supreme sacrifice during the 1999 Kargil War.
His native place was Rudha village, located in the Kamlapur tehsil of the Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Here is the unforgettable story of his unmatched bravery at the
Battle of Khalubar Top - Long before stepping onto the battlefield, during his SSB army interview, he was asked why he wanted to join the forces. A young Manoj confidently replied, "I want to win the Param Vir Chakra." He fulfilled his prophecy, becoming a recipient of India's highest wartime gallantry medal at just 24 years old.
On the night of July 2–3, 1999, his platoon was tasked with clearing the strategic Khalubar Top in the Batalik sector. Trapped under intense, deadly enemy fire from surrounding heights, Captain Manoj knew his men were exposed.
Hand-to-Hand Combat: With the war cry "Jai Mahakali, Aayo Gorkhali!", he charged fearlessly through a hail of bullets, clearing the first two enemy bunkers in intense hand-to-hand combat.
Even after being grievously wounded in the shoulder and legs, he refused to retreat. Undaunted, he crawled forward to destroy the third bunker.
Na Chhodnu! (Don't Spare Them!): While leading the assault on the fourth bunker, he destroyed it with a grenade just as a fatal burst of machine-gun fire hit his forehead. As he collapsed, his last words to his troops were a fierce command
Brahmin hindi sahitya akademi award winners
badri narayan tiwari.
Chitra mudgal
Nasira sharma
Ramadarsh sharma
Mridula garg
Kailash vajpayee
Govind mishra
Manohar shyam joshi
Rajesh Joshi
Manglesh dobriyal
Vinod kumar shukla
ashok vajpayee
Sudama pandey(dhoomil)
Hazari prasad dwivedi
Bhawani prasad mishra
Ram vilas sharma
Shrilal shukla
Amritlal nagar
Sumitranandan pant
Rahul sankrityan ( Kedar pandey)
Makhanlal chaturvedi
Medha Kulkarni is a MP from Maharashtra and belongs to the Brahmin community.
What happened was that an event was being held in Maharashtra to reward and encourage meritorious students from a specific community. MP Medha Tai was also invited, so she attended the function.
When she took her seat, BJP MLA Abhimanyu Pawar and some accompanying officials told her that this was a "Maratha Samaj" event and requested her not to sit in the front row. The implication was clear—they wanted to convey that since it was an event for a specific caste and she is a Brahmin, she should please not sit in the front row. Upon hearing this, Medha Tai immediately walked off the stage.
When later questioned by the media, Tai revealed that during the elections, Abhimanyu Pawar had earnestly requested her to visit his assembly constituency to campaign for him within the Brahmin community and attend some meetings.
She did exactly as he asked, yet today, Abhimanyu and his sidekicks are weaponizing the issue of "caste."
Medha Tai did the right thing by refusing to share the stage with such politicians and walking out immediately. However, this incident has likely made it clear to Medha Tai as well that politics in this country revolves purely and solely around caste,Religion, region, developmental issues, language, and ideology are mere pretexts—everything ultimately boils down to caste equations. But our Brahmin people still stuck in nationalism and Hindutva , other hand it seems other Hindus hate us. That’s why caste is important no matter who u are ! Brahmin must understand these things before went for fake hindutva.
Rajendra Lahiri was a Bengali Brahmin. Born in 1901 to a wealthy zamindar family in the Pabna district (now in Bangladesh), he belonged to the Sandilya Gotra, a lineage of Kulin Barendra Brahmins.
He was a key member in Kakori train loot 1925.
Lahiri believed that a successful revolution required an enlightened populace. At BHU, he took charge of the Bengali Sahitya Parishad and even founded a small library named after his mother to promote progressive reading materials among youths. He was also trusted to serve as the editor of the nationalist magazine Banga Vaani.
The British government was so afraid of his unwavering dedication that they advanced his execution by two days, separating him from the other revolutionaries. His scheduled execution date was 19 December 1927, but he was hanged on 17 December 1927.
Even just a short while before his execution, he was exercising inside his prison cell. When the jailer asked why he was working out moments before his death, he replied - Mein Swaraj ke mandir mein ek swasth sharir prasad ke roop mein chadhana chahta hoon.
Currently in North India there are some group who continuously want to hold Brahmin status or used caste surname but historically they were never a part of Brahmin community neither in Panch Gaud nor in panch Dravida
This group emerged in British period & then demand the Brahmin status in caste census or survey however, thanks to Bihar government who mention Brahmin & Bhumihar as a separate caste in Bihar caste survey 2022
In eastern Bihar Anga region Prajapati or Kumhar use the title of “Pandit “in their name , without any facts that lead to confusion .
Use of caste surname by various group lead to use of surname like Sharma, Gautam, Malviya, Pandey, Shukla, pandit. It is creating confusion.
In that area they also run (caste + Brahmin ) naming organisation
So need of the time is deeper verification first .
Source - https://www.deccanherald.com/india/caste-list-bharat-ratna-715348.html
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At its peak, the total territorial footprint of the Banaili Raj was immense, spanning over 3,600 villages across a broad geographic landscape.
The roots of the Banaili clan trace back to the 11th–12th centuries, belonging to the Alayebaar-Baigni branch of the Maithil Brahmins.
Lineage & Clan (Mool): They belong to the Vatsa Gotra and the Shukla Yajurvediya branch. Their ancestors originally lived in the village of Alayee before eventually moving to Baigni.
Early Eminence: Historical accounts trace the family's rise back to Mahamahopadhyaya Gadadhar Jha (born c. 1330 AD), who served as a Dharmadhikarnik (minister of law and code of conduct) in the court of Mithila and amassed significant land holdings.
It was Raja Dular Singh Chaudhary (originally Tejanand Singh -maithil brahmin) who permanently fixed the family residence at the village of Banaili in the Purnia district around 1772, giving the estate its name. ( both Singh & Chaudhary used as a title to show the royalty)
He expanded the family's wealth significantly under the British Permanent Settlement.
Territory: At its peak, Banaili Raj was vast, spanning across thousands of villages in the old districts of Purnia, Saharsa, Bhagalpur, Munger, and parts of Bengal (Malda and Dinajpur).
Major Administrative Centres & Palaces
Due to geographic expansions and a malaria outbreak that forced them to relocate from the original Garh Banaili fort, the family established multiple prominent Deorhis ( palace )
Champanagar Deorhi: Located in Purnia, featuring the famous Singh Darwaza and the Navaratan Palace. It served as a major capital for the estate.
Srinagar Deorhi: Established nearby by Raja Dular Singh's son, Rudranand Singh.
Sultanganj (Krishnagarh Palace): Built in the Karnagarh area near Bhagalpur.
Bhagalpur: Served as the central administrative hub where the estate's main management was carried out.
In the Shahpur area of Bhojpur district, Bihar, social worker Bharat Bhushan Tiwari was killed by the police in what they called an encounter. But should it really be called an encounter, or a killing?
If a person has no criminal history, and after throwing away his pistol surrenders, then shooting him—not once or twice, but five times—simply because he raised questions against those in power, what else can this be called?
Now some self-proclaimed intellectuals are targeting the Brahmins of the area, claiming that Brahmins support criminals based on caste. First, Bharat was not a criminal. Second, in Bihar itself, some time ago the police carried out an encounter of the most-wanted criminal Rakesh Jha alias Chunmun, who had a bounty of ₹3 lakh on his head. No one objected because everyone knew he was a criminal. Ranjan Pathak was killed in an encounter, and nobody defended him because he was a criminal. The same happened with Manish Pathak and Priyanshu Dubey; no one spoke in their defense because they were known to have criminal backgrounds.
But Bharat had no criminal record whatsoever. So why was he killed? And how justified is it to gloss over the matter instead of standing with the victim's family?
What makes this tragedy even more painful is that Bharat Bhushan Tiwari was not fighting for personal gain. He was fighting for the people who had lost their homes, land, livelihoods, and futures to devastating floods in jawaniya , Shahpur Bihar.
Today, the questions are not only about Bharat Bhushan Tiwari. The questions are about justice, accountability, and the value of an innocent citizen's life in a democracy.
Politics in the Blood 😌🙏
Pandit Ranjit Rai Dixit (1807–1858) -
Pandit Ranjit Rai Dixit was born on 16 April 1807 (Ram Navami) in Dabhora Jagir, present-day Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh.
His father was Jagirdar Pandit Bhagwant Rai Dixit and his mother was Rajlakshmi Devi.
He later married Bhagyashree Devi, daughter of the ruler of Tiroha Jagir, and had three sons.
As the jagirdar of Dabhora, he became a respected leader in the Vindhya region.
He developed a strong anti-British stance and supported the cause of Indian independence.
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the revolutionary leader Veer Kunwar Singh and about 500 soldiers passed through Dabhora on their way toward Jhansi.
Ranjit Rai Dixit welcomed them in the Dabhora fort and hosted them for three days.
He also sent a military contingent from Dabhora to assist Kunwar Singh's forces in later battles.
He was assigned the task of disrupting the important Allahabad–Banda road, a vital British supply route.
He gathered freedom fighters from present-day Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, including local chiefs and warriors.
Together they planned guerrilla attacks and repeatedly ambushed British forces along the road.
A major battle took place near Dabhora at Mudkata between British forces and the revolutionaries.
Ranjit Rai Dixit personally led his troops on horseback.
According to local tradition, he fought with two swords and inflicted heavy losses on British soldiers, earning a reputation as a fearless warrior. He resisted the spread of English forces for many months.
As his influence grew, British commanders launched a large attack on Dabhora in August 1858.
During the fierce battle at Mudkata, Ranjit Rai Dixit and many of his fellow revolutionaries were killed while fighting the British.
Another tradition claims that he was captured and later executed by the British in Bengal.
Pandit Ranjit Rai Dixit is remembered as one of the lesser-known heroes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
His courage, leadership, and sacrifice made him a symbol of resistance against British rule in the Rewa region.
Just a year ago, devastating floods struck Jamaniya in Ara Bihar , destroying nearly 90% of the village, taking many lives and leaving countless families homeless.
A local activist Bharat tiwari tirelessly fought for the victims, demanding that the government fulfill the promises it had made for relief and rehabilitation.
He also helped many needy person at a time of COVID too.
Further Frustrated by the lack of action despite repeated appeals to officials, he posted a threatening message on social media, drawing the attention of the police.
When officers arrived, he allegedly displayed a gun and insisted that justice be delivered to the flood victims.
A day later, after reportedly receiving assurances that his concerns would be addressed, he threw away the weapon during a Facebook Live session and surrendered peacefully. ( 2nd video in comment section)
However, following his surrender, he was allegedly killed in a police encounter, sparking controversy and raising questions about the circumstances of his death. Such an unnecessary killing of a man who was frustrated with fraud adminstration raise serious questions on Bihar govt .
Also there is no crime or offences registered against Bharat Tiwari in any cases, he was just frustrated due to the mal -administration .
We demand that Bharat Tiwari's family must provided with a government job and financial assistance of ₹50 lakh.
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - 13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967
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