Bhumihar Brahmin Surnames and other stuff
This is in response to Puja's Query about Bhumihar surnames.
Shwetank Jain has a quesry about Bhumihars being corrupt and land-snatchers. this may be refer to the Dalit vs landowner fights in Bihar. I'll deal with this in a blog later.
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Bhumihar Brahmins formerly used Brahmin Surnames as they were Brahmins but they also adopted titles of Rajputs, Muslims and many others communities suggesting the source of the land grants which they came to hold.
Some scholars suggest that Bhumihar is itself a title of those Brahmins who came to hold land and political power through different periods of history in the Gangetic plain.
Chaudhary: Chaudhary is also visible in Kanti, Muzaffarpur , Katihar, Purnea . Some Bengali Brahmins and Maithil Brahmins also use this title. LoksabhaMP Nikhil Chaudhary and Industrialist Sri Durga Chaudhary are from Purnia.
Sharma: A large section of Bhumihar Brahmins as any other Brahmin have Sharma as surname. Majority of Shatma are located in and around Arwal Jehanabad, Bihar. Famous nationalists and peasant leaders Pandit Karyanand Sharma and Pandit Jadunandan Sharma, Leftist Historian R S Sharma.
Ojha: A few villages in Chhapara and Muzaffarpur have Bhumihars with Ojhaas sirname. Sri D P Ojha , ex-DGP, Govt. of Bihar.
Mishra: Madhubani and Chhapara have surname as Mishra. Muzaffarpur based SKMCH Medical college First principal Dr B P Mishra is from Chhapra .
Singh: This is a Surname of landlords and big Bhumihar Brahmin Zamindars. Moke-village-Bihar Konch-block.
Shahi: They are found in Muzaffarpur and some part of Deoria and Gopalganj (Saran). Hathwa Naresh has Shahi as Surname, L P Shahi (Congress leader).
Shukla: They are also found in Vaishali
Dutt: Its taken from MAHIWAL or Mohyal; Sir Ganesh Dutt Singh
Yajee: Bhumihars are from Bakhtiyarpur.
Karjee: Gangwa, Muzaffarpur is known for KARJEE bhumihars and Pt Yamuna Karjee was from Samastipur.
Karjee: Gangwa, Muzaffarpur is known for KARJEE bhumihars and Pt Yamuna Karjee was from Samastipur.
Upadhyay: a few villages in Rohtas/ Kaimur have Bhumihars with Upadhyay as Surname.
Khawn: KHAN / KHAWN is also a surname of Bhumihars and even Maithil Brahmins have this as Surname.
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Comments
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That was helpful. Do you have any idea about Bhardwaj and Saxena? Are they bhumihar too???
what kind of brahmin are the people belonging to giri caste? please tell me sir
However these days u cannot judge someone's caste by his surname as many surnames belong to different caste and moreover surnames can be easily changed.
I am a bhumihar Brahmin and my surname is Sinha.
Actually My surname is pronounced as sinh, so we could either write Sinha or Singh, but we chose Sinha as we found it more appropriate. But now everyone pronounces it as sin-ha, so Sinha has become a surname for bhumihar brahmins
bhumihar with ojha title
lives in the village KHABRA, Muzaffarpur, bihar.
The natives of this village are Ojha.
this village has only bhumihars in upper caste.
Jai Bhumihar
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I am from bhojpur zila