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| '''Mahato''' ({{lang-bn|মাহাতো}}) is a surname found in India. Mahato/Mahto community is from Bihar, Jharkhand,UP, West bangal and is a high & dominant caste.They belong to Hinduism and koeri or Kurmi or kshatriya in caste. They are usually land owners and involved in agriculture profession, traditionally a peasant community and considered to be of the stigmatised Shudra varna.Can be named them as "skilled agriculturalists". | '''Mahato''' ({{lang-bn|মাহাতো}}) is a surname found in India. Mahato/Mahto community is from Bihar, Jharkhand,UP, West bangal and is a high & dominant caste.They belong to Hinduism and koeri or Kurmi or kshatriya in caste. They are usually land owners and involved in agriculture profession, traditionally a peasant community and considered to be of the stigmatised Shudra varna.Can be named them as "skilled agriculturalists". | ||
| == History == | == History == | ||
| The term Koeri denotes ‘those who cultivate the earth’. H.H. Risley, an ethnologist (1891) describes them as “a very numerous cultivating caste of Bihar and Chotanagpur. Mahto belongs to kushwaha samaj in some part of Bihar,Jharkhand,U.P,WB. | The term Koeri denotes ‘those who cultivate the earth’. H.H. Risley, an ethnologist (1891) describes them as “a very numerous cultivating caste of Bihar and Chotanagpur. Mahto belongs to kushwaha samaj in some part of Bihar,Jharkhand,U.P,WB. | ||
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| In Uttar Pradesh, where they inhabit the eastern and central districts,In West Bengal they live mainly in the southwestern border district of Purulia and are immigrants. Many are landowners and also work in agriculture, industry, business and in a variety of jobs and are teachers, administrators, engineers and employed in the defence services.More of they are started involved in social activities and leaving great marks in Indian Politician becoming members of parliament. In fact, benefited by the reservation policies of the state governments such as Bihar and Jharkhand,WB the Mahto's have not only become quite conspicuous in government bureaucracy, but also form significant caste clusters in many modern day professions. | In Uttar Pradesh, where they inhabit the eastern and central districts,In West Bengal they live mainly in the southwestern border district of Purulia and are immigrants. Many are landowners and also work in agriculture, industry, business and in a variety of jobs and are teachers, administrators, engineers and employed in the defence services.More of they are started involved in social activities and leaving great marks in Indian Politician becoming members of parliament. In fact, benefited by the reservation policies of the state governments such as Bihar and Jharkhand,WB the Mahto's have not only become quite conspicuous in government bureaucracy, but also form significant caste clusters in many modern day professions. | ||
| == Notable people == | |||
| ⚫ | * ] Deputy Chief minister of Jharkhand | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Member of parliament in India | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Politician | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Indian Politician | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Great Businessman | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Indian Archer | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Indian Politician | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Trade Union Leader Of the factory | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Member of parliament in India | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Member of parliament in India | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Nepalese Politician | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Politician | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Member of Lok Sabha | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Indian parliamentarian | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Indian politician | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Indian politician | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Indian politician | ||
| ⚫ | * ] Nepal ese politician | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
| ⚫ | * National Commission For Backward Classes Advice no Bihar/36/2004 | ||
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| ⚫ | * Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's silent revolution: the rise of the lower castes in North India. London: C. Hurst & Co. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-85065-670-8. Retrieved 2011-08-29 | ||
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| == Famous Personalities == | |||
| ⚫ | ] Deputy Chief minister of Jharkhand | ||
| ⚫ | ] Member of parliament in India | ||
| ⚫ | ] Politician | ||
| ⚫ | ] Indian Politician | ||
| ⚫ | ] Great Businessman |
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| ⚫ | ] Indian Archer | ||
| ⚫ | ] Indian Politician | ||
| ⚫ | ] Trade Union Leader Of the factory | ||
| ⚫ | ] Member of parliament in India | ||
| ⚫ | ] Member of parliament in India | ||
| ⚫ | ] Nepalese Politician | ||
| ⚫ | ] Politician | ||
| ⚫ | ] Member of Lok Sabha | ||
| ⚫ | ] Indian parliamentarian | ||
| ⚫ | ] Indian politician | ||
| ⚫ | ] Indian politician | ||
| ⚫ | ] Indian politician | ||
| ⚫ | ] Nepal ese politician | ||
| {{Bengali Hindu people}} | {{Bengali Hindu people}} | ||
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| {{Maurya, Kushwaha, Mahato, Mahto, Kachhi}} | |||
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Mahato (Template:Lang-bn) is a surname found in India. Mahato/Mahto community is from Bihar, Jharkhand,UP, West bangal and is a high & dominant caste.They belong to Hinduism and koeri or Kurmi or kshatriya in caste. They are usually land owners and involved in agriculture profession, traditionally a peasant community and considered to be of the stigmatised Shudra varna.Can be named them as "skilled agriculturalists".
History
The term Koeri denotes ‘those who cultivate the earth’. H.H. Risley, an ethnologist (1891) describes them as “a very numerous cultivating caste of Bihar and Chotanagpur. Mahto belongs to kushwaha samaj in some part of Bihar,Jharkhand,U.P,WB.
Language
In Uttar Pradesh the Indo-Aryan language of Bhojpuri is the mother tongue of the Mahato's, while in Bihar and Jharkhand, they speak Magahi/ Nagpuri. They also speak Hindi and use the common Devanagari script to write all three languages. In West Bengal the they speak a local dialect of the Bengali language and use the Bengali script.
Mythological beliefs
Jharkhand - ethnologist, William Crooke, wrote, Koeri Mahto's believe that they are the descendents of Kush, one of the twin sons of the much-revered Hindu god Rama. This deity, whose life story is detailed in the immensely popular and ancient Hindu epic, the Ramayana, was the divine king of Ayodhya in present-day eastern Uttar Pradesh. He is worshipped as the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, the Preserver in the Hindu trinity. He is also regarded as an unparalleled icon of moral uprightness.
Visiblity
In Uttar Pradesh, where they inhabit the eastern and central districts,In West Bengal they live mainly in the southwestern border district of Purulia and are immigrants. Many are landowners and also work in agriculture, industry, business and in a variety of jobs and are teachers, administrators, engineers and employed in the defence services.More of they are started involved in social activities and leaving great marks in Indian Politician becoming members of parliament. In fact, benefited by the reservation policies of the state governments such as Bihar and Jharkhand,WB the Mahto's have not only become quite conspicuous in government bureaucracy, but also form significant caste clusters in many modern day professions.
Notable people
- Sudesh Mahto Deputy Chief minister of Jharkhand
- Sunil Mahato Member of parliament in India
- Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Politician
- Tek Lal Mahto Indian Politician
- Upendra Mahato Great Businessman
- Purnima Mahato Indian Archer
- Chhatradhar Mahato Indian Politician
- Sagina Mahato Trade Union Leader Of the factory
- Sunil Kumar Mahato Member of parliament in India
- Suman Mahato Member of parliament in India
- Rajendra Mahato Nepalese Politician
- Chhatradhar Mahato Politician
- Narahari Mahato Member of Lok Sabha
- Abha Mahato Indian parliamentarian
- Santiram Mahato Indian politician
- Dhananjay Mahato Indian politician
- Bir Singh Mahato Indian politician
- Muga Lal Mahato Nepal ese politician
References
- National Commission For Backward Classes Advice no Bihar/36/2004
- Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's silent revolution: the rise of the lower castes in North India. London: C. Hurst & Co. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-85065-670-8. Retrieved 2011-08-29
