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Murho Estate

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]

Murho Estate
Zamindari
Mid-18th Century–1949
Historical eraModern
• Established
Mid-18th Century
• Zamindari Abolition
1949
Succeeded by
Dominion of India
Today part ofBihar,
Republic of India
Members of Zamindar family of Murho Estate.

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

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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

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  • 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.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ IshIoRNP-BKC.
  2. ↑ "A village that symbolises Bihar". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Murho". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pin Code: MURHO, MADHEPURA, BIHAR, India, Pincode.net.in". pincode.net.in. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Witsoe, Jeffrey (5 November 2013). Democracy against Development: Lower-Caste Politics and Political Modernity in Postcolonial India. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-06350-8.
  6. ↑ Sinha, Arun (2011). Nitish Kumar and the Rise of Bihar. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-670-08459-3.
  7. ↑ Bihar (India); Choudhury, Pranab Chandra Roy (1957). Bihar District Gazetteers: Bhagalpur. Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar.
  8. ↑ "मुरहो एस्टेट: वह रियासत जहां यादवों का हुक्म चलता था". KhabarGaon (in Hindi). 4 August 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "बाबू रासबिहारी लाल मंडल की पुण्यतिथि मनी". Hindustan (in Hindi). 28 August 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  10. ↑ Sinha, Arun (2011). Nitish Kumar and the Rise of Bihar. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-670-08459-3.
  11. ↑ "बिन्देश्वरी प्रसाद मंडल की जीवनी- Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal Biography In Hindi". Newstrend (in Hindi). 10 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "In Bihar, the importance of being Nitish Kumar". Hindustan Times. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  13. ↑ Maheshwari, Shriram (1991). The Mandal Commission and Mandalisation: A Critique. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-7022-338-2.
  14. ↑ "मुरहो इस्टेट के जमींदार बी.पी.मंडल ऑनरेरी मजिस्ट्रेट भी थे - Purnia News". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 26 April 2024. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  15. ↑ Datta, Kalikinkar (1957). History of the Freedom Movement in Bihar. Government of Bihar.
  16. ↑ Sewak, Ram (1985). History of Bihar Between the Two World Wars, 1919-1939. Inter-India Publications. ISBN 978-81-210-0083-3.
  17. ↑ Somanaboina, Simhadri; Ramagoud, Akhileshwari (15 November 2021). The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-46280-7.
  18. ↑ Congress, Indian History (1995). Proceedings. Indian History Congress.
  19. ↑ Bihar men samajik parivartan ke kuchh ayam (in Hindi). Vani Prakashan. 2001. ISBN 978-81-7055-755-5.
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