Murho Estate
Zamindari Estate of British India
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Murho Estate (mid-18th century to 1947) was a Zamindari (estate) during British Raj in erstwhile Bhagalpur (now in Madhepura) district of Bihar.[1][2][3]
Republic of India
| Murho Estate | |||||||
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| Zamindari | |||||||
| Mid-18th Century–1949 | |||||||
| Historical era | Modern | ||||||
• Established | Mid-18th Century | ||||||
• Zamindari Abolition | 1949 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Bihar, Republic of India | ||||||
The name of the estate derives from a Murho village of Madhepura District.[4] Members of the Murho family were notable landlords of the Kosi division.[5][6]
History
The Murho Zamindari (Estate) was ruled by Majhraut clan of Ahir (Yadav).[7][8]
- Rash Bihari Lal Mandal
Babu Rash Bihari Lal was an ardent freedom fighter, social reformer and philanthropist. He became the zamindar of the Murho Estate at a very young age. According to litterateur Dr. Bhupendra Narayan Madhepuri, Rash Bihari Lal was scholarly in many languages like Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, English, French and Sanskrit.[9]
- Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal
Chairman of Mandal Commission and former Chief Minister of Bihar, Babu B.P. Mandal was born in this zamindar family.[10][11][12][13] He was the son of Zamindar Babu Ras Bihari Lal Mandal.[14]
List of Zamindars
- Babu Sri Panchanan Mandal was the first zamindar 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.