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. The Brahmin zamindars, of Kashyap

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origin from Madarpur, a place in present-day Kanpur district of

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. The zamindars were defeated and massacred; the survivors migrated to other places in present-day Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The battle is Mentioned in

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Vanshavali and Kanyakubja Prabodhini.

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thesis ''Bhumihar Brahmins: A Sociological Study'' submitted to the

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. * People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 718 to 724 Manohar Publications. *Page 179 & 180 , census of india volume I ethnographic appendices(1903) by h.h. risley Madarpur 16th century in India Madarpur