The Murho Estate was a Chieftaincy and later a Zamindari (estate) of Yadav (Ahir) [1] [2] in erstwhile Bhagalpur district of Bihar (now in Madhepura district). [3] [4]
Murho Estate | |||||||
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1700–1949 | |||||||
Common languages | Thēthi, Hindi | ||||||
Government | Zamindari Estate | ||||||
Zamindar | |||||||
• Unknown | Babu Panchanan Mandal (first) | ||||||
• 1941–1949 | Babu Bindhyeshwari Prasad Mandal (last) | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1700 | ||||||
• Acceded to India | 1949 | ||||||
Currency | Indian Rupee | ||||||
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Today part of | Bihar, Republic of India |
The name of the estate derives from a Murho village of Madhepura District. [6] [7] Members of the Murho family were very big landlords of the Kosi division. [8]
The Murho Zamindari (Estate) was ruled by Majhraut clan of Yadava. [9] It was the largest and respected zamindari estate of Kosi region (Bihar). [10] [11]
Babu Rasbihari Lal was an ardent freedom fighter, philanthropist and social reformer. [12] According to litterateur Dr. Bhupendra Narayan Madhepuri, Rasbihari Babu was scholarly in many languages like Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, English, French and Sanskrit. [13]
Chairman of Mandal Commission and former Chief Minister of Bihar, Babu B.P. Mandal was born in Murho raj family. [14] [15] [16] He was the third son of Zamindar Babu Ras Bihari Lal Mandal. [17]
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