Saturday, 14 May 2011

History of Bhumihar





Bhumihar Brahmins also known as Bhumihar (भूमिहार) are an influential Hindu sub-caste who have traditionally resided in fertile regions of Indo-Gangetic plains of North India, in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. They were referred to as Baabhans (बाभन) too, an apabhramsha word for Brahmin.

Bhumihar is a caste Mainly Found in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand , Uttar Pradesh and in the Bundelkhand area of the Madhya Pradesh . One Story of their origin is that the Bhumihar Brahmins Parashurama destroyed the Kshatriya Many times and he set up in their Place the descendent's of Brahmins. Bhumihar Brahmins is known as Karm Kandi Pandit in the sixteenth Century Particularly in North Bihar. In South Bihar their Most Prestigious King (Gopal Sharan) was the Tekari Family in the Eighteenth Century. In our Country So many Bhumihar Scholars have been born like Swami Sahajanand Saraswati , Sir Ganesh Dutt and Siyaram Tiwary the Former Dean of the Vishwa Bharti university Formerly Known as Shanti Niketan.



Gotra and Pravaras of the Bhumihar
The Gotras of the Bhumihar has been mainly Kept on the name of the Rishis.Initially,there are mainly nine gotras of the bhumihar. But Pravaras are classified into the name of the Seven Rishis, that is given below :



Agastya
Angirasa
Atri
Bhrigu
Kashyapa
                                         Vasishtha
                                         Vishwamitra




In Rigved author has been written that the Rishi Jamadagni was a descendants of Rishi Bhirgu While the rishis Gautam and Bhardavaja Were the descendants of rishi Angirasa.



Etymology: The word Bhumihar consists of two Sanskrit words, bhoomi (भूमि), meaning "land" and har (हर), meaning 'seizer'. There are a lot of theories about the origin of this caste and there is no unanimous accord over any of them excepting one which is the authority of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati who gives the most acceptable account of the origin and history of Bhumihar Brahmins. The name of his book is "Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar". Some of the other theorists owe the origin of the Bhumihar to the displacement of Brahmins from Western India following the Muslim invasion or, a change of religion to Buddhism and reconversion to Hinduism or, a change of profession from priesthood to farming or, a gradual shift from priestly and academic activities to farming and conquest, owing to lack of support from the rulers during the reign of ignorant kings. At some point of time the word 'Bhumi' was also used for some administrative unit or revenue unit or some geographical unit, just like Bundelkhand or Jharkhand. Singhbhumi, Birbhumi and Manbhumi are or was names of districts. Dhalbhumi was an adminitrative unit. Thus the word 'Bhumihar' may also mean Talukdar or Jagirdars etc.

Next meeting on 22 May 2011

Dear Members,
As informed by Mr. kumar Avisekh , we could not meet during the period
due to Paucity of time, I would like to inform you that I have
contacted few members from jalahalli , if venue can be arranged,But
response was not positive,
Though , it not mandatory for them to do so , we have decided to
proceed further & arrange sitting at our first Venue & meet together .
I am sure , we will make our best to reach in time & make it a
success, further more i would like to add is that if anyone can
arrange the possibility of such place where we can meet comfortably ,
I would expect him to explore the same.Looking forward to meet on 22
may 2011 at 1100hrs.
Thanks,

Attendance Detail on 26 DEC 2010

Mr. Rajni kant Rai
Mr. Kumar Abhishek
Mr. Raj Bahadur rai
Mr. Baban Singh
Mr. Ranjeet Singh
Mr. Ram kumar Sharma
Mr. Suresh Prasad singh
Mr. Armod kumar Singh
Mr. Shailendra kumar Rai
Mr. R.K singh
Mr. Ashok kumar
Mr. Sanjay Kumar
Mr. Thakur
Mr. Sparsh Priyadarshi
Mr. Satish kumar
Mr. Piyush kumar Singh
Mr. Amit kumar
Mr. Mritunjay kumar
Mr. Radheshyam rai
Mr. Mukesh kumar Pandey
Mr. K.B tiwari
Mr. Manoj kumar Rakesh

Minutes of meeting (Held on 24 th Oct 2010) of “BANGALORE BHRAMRISHI SAMAJ”:



1.     Meeting of Bangalore Bhramrishi Samaj , started at 1230 hrs on
24 oct 2010 as per schedule at Air force jalahalli.


2.     Shri Sanjay Kumar, Shri Rajni kant Rai, Shri Ashok kumar & Shri
kumar Abhishek  welcomed the 16 invited bhumihars for meetings &
requested Shri Sanjay Kumar, to start the session.

3.      Shri Sanjay Kumar, requested the members to give their opinion
( all the 16 bhumihars one by one ) on following points:-
a) Name of Community
b) Aim and objectives of the community
c) Venue of meeting
d) Member ship criteria
e) Generation of fund
f) Custodian of fund
g) Structure of governing committee
h) Number of person in governing committee
i) Mode of communication
j) grievance mechanism of community
h) Rules and regulation.



4.      After detail delebration and taking opinions of all the 16 Member’s
following decision was made:-
a) Name of community: BANGALORE BHRAMRISHI SAMAJ
b) Aims and objective of community: To promote interest of Bhramrishi
Samaj Samaj
c) Duration of meeting: Every alternate month
d) Date and venue of meeting: Decision will be taken in previous
meeting with the conformity of the members.
e) Membership criteria:
e.1) Membership should be granted strictly by reference only. If any
registered member is bringing some new person with him to get
membership, then he must be in a position to give all the relevant
information about that person preferably about belongingness of
Community.
e.2) Membership will be based on reference and strictly for the
members of the community.
e.3) Only for Bhumihars Brahmins coming through our present members.
f) Generation of fund:
f.1) Membership fess for general will be Rupees 500 and for students
it will be Rupees 200. Membership fees will be non-refundable amount.
f.2) The monthly contribution will be mandatory for each members. For
general and students, monthly contribution will be Rupees 100 and
Rupees 50 respectively.
g) Structure of Governing Committee:-
g.1) Chairman of committee: - Shri Raj Bahadur Rai
g.2) General Secretary: - Shri Sanjay Kumar
g.3) Organizing secretary: - Shri Kumar Abhishek
g.4) Treasurers: - Shri Rajni kant Rai and Shri Kumar Abhishek
g.5) Food Manager: - Shri Ashok Kumar
g.6) Event Manager: - Shri Rohan kumar
g.7) Game organizer: - Shri Praveen vatsa
g.8) web management: - Shri Ranjeet singh and Shri Praveen vatsa
h) Mode of communication:-
h.1) E-mail
h.2) SMS
h.3) Telephonic Call
h.4) Personal Contacts
i) Chairman Committee members:-
i.1) Shri Ram kumar Sharma
i.2) Shri Shailendra kr. Rai
i.3) Shri Suresh Prasad singh
i.4) Shri Baban singh
i.5) Shri Kumar Birendra Tiwari

j) grievance mechanism of Community:-
j.1) Creation of core Committee for discipline consisting of five or
more members. Few on permanent basis & few on rotation basis.(Refer
point h for same)
j.2) Creation of any group or sub group will not be promoted
j.3) Committee may decide the tolerance level of the non-conformity of
the major rules to sustain the quality of the organization.
j.4) Any grievance to be brought to the knowledge of committee &
committee to ensure speedy disposal of the same to ensure integrity of
the member.
j.5) Dismissal or removal of the member can be on recommendation of
the committee with a view of the house present in the next meeting.
k) Rules & Regulation:-
k.1) Zero tolerance for anti-organization activities & sexual assault.
k.2) Any resolution passed in the meeting shall be binding upon the
members.
k.3) Attending of meeting is obligatory until & unless there is a
valid reason of not attending the meeting
k.4) If any member is not in a position to attend the meeting then he
must give information to General Secretary & organizing Secretary
prior to meeting with the valid reason.
k.5) Consecutive absenteeism of three meetings without any valid
reasons will subject to termination of membership.
k.6) All the members agreed to extend the help to fellow members at
his capacity but Help from the fellow member will not be as a matter
of right.
k.7) Member found in involvement of any anti social activities will be
subject termination of the membership to uphold the image of
organization.
k.8) Members shall make all efforts to invite the members of this
community to strengthen the organization.
k.9) Non-payment of membership fee for consecutive three meetings
shall be subjected to termination of membership.



5.      The following person joined the society on 24th Oct 2010,
a) Mr. Rajni kant Rai
b) Mr. Kumar Abhishek
c) Mr. Raj Bahadur Rai
d) Mr. Praveen Vatsa
e) Mr. Rohan
f) Mr. Baban singh
g) Mr. Ranjeet singh
h) Mr. Ananada Prakash
i) Mr. Ram kumar Sharma
j) Mr. Suresh Prasad singh
k) Mr. Armod kumar singh
l) Mr. R.K singh
m) Mr. Shailendra kumar Rai
n) Mr. Ashok kumar
o) Mr. Sanjay kumar
p) Mr. Manish kumar

6.     Alumni members: Those who will be transferred from Bangalore
will be treated as alumni to this organization. Though it is up to
them to contribute this samaj in anyways and he can become active
member again without registration.

7.      Shri Sanjay kumar , General Secretary announced after taking
opinion of every members that Deepawali, Holi and Makar sakranti will
be compulsory event celebration.

 8. President directed the members to adhere to the timing proposed
by the committee.

9 . Further there was no other point to discuss the meeting was called
off at 1430 Hrs requesting all members to join for the lunch.

10. After lunch once again all gathered and it was decided that the
next meeting will be arranged on 26th December 2010. Shri  Sanjay
kumar requested all the members to show their presence on 26 th
December on time i.e @ 1030 Hrs


Signature of GS,
Signature of President,
Signature of Treasurer,
 Other portfolio holders

HISTORY OF BHUMIHAR




Bhumihar Brahmins also known as Bhumihar (भूमिहार) are an influential Hindu sub-caste who have traditionally resided in fertile regions of Indo-Gangetic plains of North India, in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. They were referred to as Baabhans (बाभन) too, an apabhramsha word for Brahmin.

Bhumihar is a caste Mainly Found in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand , Uttar Pradesh and in the Bundelkhand area of the Madhya Pradesh . One Story of their origin is that the Bhumihar Brahmins Parashurama destroyed the Kshatriya Many times and he set up in their Place the descendent's of Brahmins. Bhumihar Brahmins is known as Karm Kandi Pandit in the sixteenth Century Particularly in North Bihar. In South Bihar their Most Prestigious King (Gopal Sharan) was the Tekari Family in the Eighteenth Century. In our Country So many Bhumihar Scholars have been born like Swami Sahajanand Saraswati , Sir Ganesh Dutt and Siyaram Tiwary the Former Dean of the Vishwa Bharti university Formerly Known as Shanti Niketan.






Gotra and Pravaras of the Bhumihar
The Gotras of the Bhumihar has been mainly Kept on the name of the Rishis.Initially,there are mainly nine gotras of the bhumihar. But Pravaras are classified into the name of the Seven Rishis, that is given below :







Agastya
Angirasa
Atri
Bhrigu
Kashyapa
                                         Vasishtha
                                         Vishwamitra




In Rigved author has been written that the Rishi Jamadagni was a descendants of Rishi Bhirgu While the rishis Gautam and Bhardavaja Were the descendants of rishi Angirasa.



Etymology: The word Bhumihar consists of two Sanskrit words, bhoomi (भूमि), meaning "land" and har (हर), meaning 'seizer'. There are a lot of theories about the origin of this caste and there is no unanimous accord over any of them excepting one which is the authority of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati who gives the most acceptable account of the origin and history of Bhumihar Brahmins. The name of his book is "Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar". Some of the other theorists owe the origin of the Bhumihar to the displacement of Brahmins from Western India following the Muslim invasion or, a change of religion to Buddhism and reconversion to Hinduism or, a change of profession from priesthood to farming or, a gradual shift from priestly and academic activities to farming and conquest, owing to lack of support from the rulers during the reign of ignorant kings. At some point of time the word 'Bhumi' was also used for some administrative unit or revenue unit or some geographical unit, just like Bundelkhand or Jharkhand. Singhbhumi, Birbhumi and Manbhumi are or was names of districts. Dhalbhumi was an adminitrative unit. Thus the word 'Bhumihar' may also mean Talukdar or Jagirdars etc.