Dalit community in the Gangetic plain and the Terai
Musahar
Musahar woman collecting firewood near Sauraha, Chitwan District, Nepal
Religions
Hinduism
Languages
Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili, Musasa
Country
India, Nepal, Bangladesh
Original state
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand
Region
Eastern Gangetic Plain and the Terai
Family names
Manjhi
Notable members
Dashrath Manjhi, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Bhagwati Devi
Musahar or Mushahar[1] (Nepali: मुसहर जाति) are a Dalit community found in the eastern Gangetic plain and the Terai. They are also known as Rishidev, Sada, Manjhi, Banbasi.[2] The other names of the Musahar are Bhuiyan and Rajawar.[3] there are many who are still forced to do this work due to destitution and poverty.
^Jengcham, Subhash. "Mushahar". Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^A Hasan & J C Das (ed.). People of India Uttar Pradesh. Vol. XLII Part Three. Manohar Publications. pp. 1006–1012.
^Sachchidananda (1 January 1988). Tradition And Development. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-81-7022-072-5. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
Musahar or Mushahar (Nepali: मुसहर जाति) are a Dalit community found in the eastern Gangetic plain and the Terai. They are also known as Rishidev, Sada...
plains, the Musahars have been classified into Magahiya Musahars and Tirhutiya Musahars. The socio-economic conditions of Magahiya Musahars are slightly...
upper caste in deciding, to whom the Musahars will vote. But, unlike upper castes, who didn't mingle with the Musahars, the Yadavs, specially the poor ones...
practice was revealed, in which it was obligatory for the women of Chamar, Musahar and Dusadh community to have sexual contacts with their Rajput landlords...
According to Kunnath, the Dusadhs are considered the highest while the Musahars are considered the lowest within the Dalit groups.: 38 According to an...
The poor are the landless or near landless Terai Dalits, including the Musahar, Chamar and Mallah. Several Chepang people also live in Nepal's central...
intervention on the Musahar. Deprived of both capital and skill, Musahar have remained trapped in a cycle of poverty for centuries. Since the Musahar are one of...
may eat no meat except fish, pork, wild birds and rats. Conversely, the Musahar community in north India has commercialised rat farming as an exotic delicacy...
all areas of nutrition". Rat catching is common with people of the Dalit Musahar caste, to which Manjhi belongs. In the 2010 Bihar elections, he was elected...
religious sister and social worker in India who has devoted herself to the Musahar, the Dalit of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, one of the Scheduled Castes and...
fund from previous projects that can be invested in the new project. "Musahar community gets integrated settlement as New Year gift". Retrieved 15 June...
India and a caste in other states Rajbhar, a community of northwest India Musahar, a Dalit community of Gangetic plain Rajbari (disambiguation) Rājwār, another...
Kosi and Sagarmatha zones. It is predominantly spoken by members of the Musahar caste. Musasa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Musasa...
conducted[when?] in a few villages in Bhojpur, rape of lower-caste women from Musahar and Chamar castes by Rajput and Bhumihar landlords was a major cause of...
hdl:1813/99630. Giri, B.R. (2012). "The Bonded Labour System in Nepal: Musahar and Tharu Communities' Assessments of the Haliya and Kamaiya Labour Contracts"...
and Musahar community over riverine land. Based on testimonials by the survivors, most of the alleged perpetrators belonged to a dalit caste, Musahar. In...
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