A photograph from the Ramlila procession at Benares started by the Maharaja himself
The Map of the old district of Behar, showing the parganas that came under the control of the zamindars of Sanaut – Tikari in the early 18th century. The Rajas of Sanaut – Tikari came to occupy the central part of the old Sircar (or district) of Behar including the town of Gaya.
The region to the east was the territory of Raja Kamgar Khan Mayi of Narhat – Samai with his headquarters at Hisua near Nawada. On the west was the territory of Raja Bishun Singh of Siris – Kutumba with his headquarters at Powai near Aurangabad. Across the river Son, further west, the region of Sasaram – Chainpur was the territory of Raja Pahalwan Singh of Nokha.
These zamindar rajas of south Bihar had formed their de-facto ruling chieftaincies in the early part of the 18th century, at the time of the weakening of the Mughal goverment after the death of Aurangzeb.
Here's a list of such prominent chieftaincies in each region-
•Magadha - Tikari Raj
•Saran - Kalyanpur Chieftaincy aka hathwa raj
•Champaran - Bettiah raj
•Shahabaad - ujjainiya zamindars of bhojpur
Prince Yaswant Singh of Datia state
Hukum Singh of Jaisalmer
Nawab Muhammad khan of bahwalpur state
And Finally Maharajakumar of Benares
The 2nd snippet is refering to a letter written to the Marathas.
Its based on one of the key events in the history of the british empire, This hand-coloured engraving depicts a woman, possibly Queen Charlotte, reading a book inscribed 'The State of India'.
She sits in front of a cupboard stacked with bags of money. Warren Hastings, on the right, stands transfixed in horror at the apparition of Chait Singh, the Bhumihar king of Benares Kingdom, who was one of the first ones in India to have rebelled against the East India Company in 1781.
The cheyt rebellion of 1781 (named after the Bhumihar Maharaja himself) was one of the key events in the history of the British Raj. Earlier, Cheyt Singh's Kingdom of purvanchal was a tributary state under EIC but when met with unreasonable conditions by Warren Hastings, He arrested Hastings and arrested/killed his troops in the royal court as he found it very demeaning for a person to dishonour the Bhumihar royal court.
But didn't kill him because of one of his minister's advice.
Hastings escaped really embarrassed (allegedly disguising himself in a women's dressing).
Hastings came back with a much bigger army, and arrested the Bhumihar king himself. But when the news spreaded in the kingdom, the people were enraged as they consider the Bhumihar rulers as the avatars of their Lord shiva. The public came to the rescue of their Maharaja by massacring the company's soldiers and finally rescued the Maharaja.
However the effects of the rebellion were found throughout the whole neighboring regions of Bengal and united provinces as many Bhumihar and Muslim Landlords/zamindars supported the Bhumihar king and made it nearly impossible for the company to collect revenue.
Discord had this API issue with thousands of users throughout the globe were unable to send texts, login ......
Including myself.
Anyways its fixed now.
Around the early 1860s, England suffered severe drought and famine. When a moving story of drought in a village- Stoke Row of Oxfordshire reached the Bhumihar king HH Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh of Benares through Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, Mr. Edward Reade, he decided to sponsor the construction of a well in that village.
The Maharaja offered Mr. Reade to pay for the cost of sinking a well in the village. Mr. Reade accepted the offer and it took 14 consecutive months to dig the (368 ft. deep) well. It cost the Maharaja a significant sum of £353 at that time. The Maharaja also sponsored a 4 acre cherry orchard close to it and built the ‘Well Cottage’ very close to it for a person to live there and look after the well and the orchard.
The agreement was signed between Governor General and Maharaja Benares on September 5th, 1949.
The well served the people for 70 years. Nearly 1,500 people attended the centenary celebrations in Stoke Row on 8 April 1964, with Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip among them.
Source: BBC and the book 'Dipping into the Wells' by Angela Spencer-Harper, 1999
Around the early 1860s, England suffered severe drought and famine. When a moving story of drought in a village- Stoke Row of Oxfordshire reached the Bhumihar king HH Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh of Benares through Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, Mr. Edward Reade, he decided to sponsor the construction of a well in that village.
The Maharaja offered Mr. Reade to pay for the cost of sinking a well in the village. Mr. Reade accepted the offer and it took 14 consecutive months to dig the (368 ft. deep) well. It cost the Maharaja a significant sum of £353 at that time. The Maharaja also sponsored a 4 acre cherry orchard close to it and built the ‘Well Cottage’ very close to it for a person to live there and look after the well and the orchard.
The agreement was signed between Governor General and Maharaja Benares on September 5th, 1949.
The well served the people for 70 years. Nearly 1,500 people attended the centenary celebrations in Stoke Row on 8 April 1964, with Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip among them.
Source: BBC and the book 'Dipping into the Wells' by Angela Spencer-Harper, 1999
Around the early 1860s, England suffered severe drought and famine. When a moving story of drought in a village- Stoke Row of Oxfordshire reached HH Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh of Benares through Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, Mr. Edward Reade, he decided to sponsor the construction of a well in that village.
The Maharaja offered Mr. Reade to pay for the cost of sinking a well in the village. Mr. Reade accepted the offer and it took 14 consecutive months to dig the (368 ft. deep) well. It cost the Maharaja a significant sum of £353 at that time. The Maharaja also sponsored a 4 acre cherry orchard close to it and built the ‘Well Cottage’ very close to it for a person to live there and look after the well and the orchard.
The agreement was signed between Governor General and Maharaja Benares on September 5th, 1949.
The well served the people for 70 years. Nearly 1,500 people attended the centenary celebrations in Stoke Row on 8 April 1964, with Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip among them.
Source: BBC and the book 'Dipping into the Wells' by Angela Spencer-Harper, 1999
Just saw this hilarious af cope about our sub and brahmanraj, "saar, how are you taking pride in your heritage saar, its casteism reeee".
Turns out its some OBC bot, and every single post on these accs are about bhumihars or GCs. Despite the fact ki maximum numbers of 'cases of offense against Sc-St' are filed against these people. (inter-bahujan wars ifykyk)
And its quite ironically funny for these bots to talk about the development of Up-Bihar which he terms as 'bimaru'.
Like how could someone cry about discrimination his purkhe faced while constantly referring to a region as 'bimaru' or whatever.
Actually, it was quite the opposite. These states were doing far better under our reign — be it Shri Babu’s rule in Bihar or Maharaja Ballwant Singh’s rule in Purvanchal.
Even London newspapers appreciated how Shri Babu managed to control crime in the region, while in a letter to the Marathas, it was said that “No one ruled Benares better than Ballwant Singh did.” Kashi was at its peak during his rule in the 1700s.
The actual downfall of this region began with the rise of “hisab chukta” politics, where a group of unproductive people convinced themselves that living in a constant state of victimhood and inferiority complex was completely normal. And they're entitled to the taxpayer's money with their Inherited victimhood.
Anyways, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME & ENERGY ARGUING WITH THESE 'SOSHIT-VANCHIT' BOTS.
Recently a bunch of larpers tried to claim our magadhan heritage, it was really hilarious.
Ive never seen any rajput or any 'kantaha' (shakdwipi) brahmin claiming magadha because they're quite aware of the socio-political and historical realities in the region.
Rajputs are really recent migrants and most of their demography in the region is limited to aurangabad.
Only UC present in magadha-Anga belt are the babhans, not brahmins or kshatriyas.
In the context of naxalism in bihar, it has always been a tool for our political opponent class to weaken us both politically and economically. Which uses the Dalits as their mere pawns to fight the Bhumihar class.
In a traditional Magadhan ग्रामीण setup, the relation between a Bhumihar/जमीनदार and the non-Bhumihar वर्ग has been like that of a Mai-baap and his own children. The Raisahib always took care of his प्रजा (the people settled on his lands, including pachponiyas and harijans) and made sure their basic needs were fulfilled. This system was based on trust, responsibility, and a sense of protection for those living under him.
But from the 1960s to the 1990s, the Naxalite influence was slowly mixed into the innocent agricultural मजदूर class, like the murhos, kurmis, and harijans. Gradually, they were made to believe that their local Bhumihar was the main reason behind all their problems. This changed the earlier relation between the classes and created tension where there was once understanding.
● An interesting pattern is that the core of this movement was centered around the Magadhan region, also known as “the country of the babhans.” The Naxalites considered prominent Bhumihar figures like Sardar Shri Krishna Singh of Arwal–Jehanabad and Bindu Singh of Patna as their main enemies. It is quite obvious atp that this movement in the Gangetic plains was spread mainly to oppose the Bhumihar वर्ग and to make sure that the Magadha region would not develop or industrialize in the future, and that upcoming Bhumihar youth would face more difficulties.
Anyways, we still fought the way we should have. Figures like Sardar Krishna Singh, Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, Bindu Singh, and Magadh Tiger Chunnu Sharma emerged to defend their people. Our working class also helped them in every way possible—through donations, political support, funding, and more. Our big netas, advocates, and even some government employees supported the sena and stood by our qoum when it needed them the most.
Military: Bhumihar, Jat, Rajput and Tyagi
Priests: Brahmin
Traders: Baniya, Khatri, etc.
Cultivators: Ror, Arain, Kurmi, etc.
Cattle-Breeders and Graziers: Ahir, Gujar, Gadariya, etc.