The Majhraut or Majraut is a clan of Yaduvanshi Ahir that inhabits the
Indian state of
Bihar and
Jharkhand. They are believed to be descended from the Yadav king Madhu who ruled Mathura.
Like
Krishnaut
Krishnaut or Krishnaut Ahir or Krishnaut Yaduvanshi is a clan of the Hindu Ahir (Yadav) caste found in Bihar, Jharkhand, and parts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The term Krishnaut denotes their claimed descent from Lord Krishna.
Majorit ...
even Majhraut Ahirs (
Yadav
Yadav refers to a grouping of traditionally non-elite, Quote: "The Yadavs were traditionally a low-to-middle-ranking cluster of pastoral-peasant castes that have become a significant political force in Uttar Pradesh (and other northern state ...
) never sold either milk, ghee or butter. They ran
estates and became
Zamindars
A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...
.
Origin and History
The
Yadavs who migrated from
Mathura (
Braj) to
Bihar and its surrounding areas came to be known as Mathraut or Majrauth.
List of Rulers and Chieftain
In
Bihar and
Jharkhand there were many rulers and zamindars belonging to
Ahir
Ahir or Aheer are a community of traditionally non-elite pastoralists in India, most members of which identify as being of the Indian Yadav community because they consider the two terms to be synonymous. The Ahirs are variously described as a ...
(Yadav) caste. During British Raj, the Ahir zamindars were predominantly found in northern and eastern parts of Bihar. Most of them belonged to
Krishnaut
Krishnaut or Krishnaut Ahir or Krishnaut Yaduvanshi is a clan of the Hindu Ahir (Yadav) caste found in Bihar, Jharkhand, and parts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The term Krishnaut denotes their claimed descent from Lord Krishna.
Majorit ...
and Majhraut clans of Ahir
*Rulers of
Varman dynasty.
*Ahir Chieftain of
Murho Estate
The Murho Estate was a Chieftaincy and later a Zamindars of Bihar, Zamindari (estate) of Yadav (Ahir) in erstwhile Bhagalpur district of Bihar (now in Madhepura district).
The name of the estate derives from a Murho village of Madhepura Di ...
.
*Zamindar of Ranipatti Estate.
*Landlords of Khurda Karveli.
*Landlords of Gosaidaspur Estate.
*Zamindar of Belwarganj Estate.
*Zamindar of Pipra Estate.
*Zamindar of Shaligrami.
Distribution and Title
Distribution
Majhrauts are found all over
Bihar but numerically they exceed other sub-caste in
Saharsa and it's adjoining district of Bihar. While most
Yadavs were small scale peasants in North and Central India, a small number of them acquired land in newly reclaimed area of Eastern Bihar (
Purnea and
Saharsa) and became big land holders.
Titles
The titles generally used by Majhraut and other sub-caste of Ahirs in Bihar are Yadav, Raut, Gope, Ray, Rai, Roy, Mandal, Singh, etc.
Notable persons
*
Rash Bihari Lal Mandal, zamindar of Madhepura and founder of Yadav Mahasabha.
*
Mahendra Gop
Mahendra Gop (15 August 1912 – 23 November 1945) was Indian freedom struggle activist. He belonged to the Zamindar Yadav family of Rampur, currently a part of Banka district, Bihar. At the age of 32, he was hanged in Bhagalpur Camp Jail in ...
, a freedom revolutionary.
*
Bhupendra Narayan Mandal, a socialist leader.
*
Shivnandan Prasad Mandal, a Politician.
*
Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav
Kamaleshwari Prasad Yadav better known as K.P. Yadav was the member of the Constituent Assembly of India from 1946 to 1950. He was elected as the member of Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1951 from Kishanganj, Bihar on Indian National Congress ti ...
, a member of the
Constituent Assembly of India from 1946 to 1950.
*
B.P. Mandal
Babu Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal (25 August 1918 – 13 April 1982) was the chief of the Murho Estate and an Indian politician who chaired the Mandal Commission. Mandal came from a rich Yadav landlord family from Madhepura in Northern Bihar. H ...
, Ex-Cm of
Bihar and chairman of
Mandal commission
The ''Mandal Commission'' or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission (SEBC), was established in India in 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to "identify the socially or educa ...
.
*
Rajesh Ranjan, a Politician.
*
Bhola Yadav, leader of RJD.
*Nikhil Mandal, a spokesperson of JDU.
Culture
Lorikayan is sung by Ahirs of Bihar, it is a folk song of veer rasa where events from the life of Lorik are described. This is more popular in Bhojpuri, Maithili & Magahi.
See also
*
Yadava
*
Ahir
Ahir or Aheer are a community of traditionally non-elite pastoralists in India, most members of which identify as being of the Indian Yadav community because they consider the two terms to be synonymous. The Ahirs are variously described as a ...
*
Bihari Ahir
Bihari Ahirs or Ahirs of Bihar refers to the people of Ahir/Yadav community of the Indian state of Bihar. They are also known as Yadav, Gope, Rai etc. The Yadavs form nearly 11% of the state's population and are included in the Other Backward Cl ...
*
Krishnaut
Krishnaut or Krishnaut Ahir or Krishnaut Yaduvanshi is a clan of the Hindu Ahir (Yadav) caste found in Bihar, Jharkhand, and parts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The term Krishnaut denotes their claimed descent from Lord Krishna.
Majorit ...
*
Yadu
This is a list of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes that are mentioned in the literature of Indic religions.
From the second or first millennium BCE, ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes turned into most of the population in the northern p ...
References
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Bihari Ahirs
Social groups of Bihar