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During the British Raj era, many ridiculously defamatory, unfounded and false notions were propagated against Bhumihars regarding their origins and ethnogenesis. These theories have been refuted, thoroughly debunked and rejected by the colonial era Anthropologists, Ethnologists and Historians themselves. | During the British Raj era, many ridiculously defamatory, unfounded and false notions were propagated against Bhumihars regarding their origins and ethnogenesis. '''These theories have been refuted, thoroughly debunked and rejected''' by the colonial era Anthropologists, Ethnologists and Historians themselves. | ||
* Sir Alexander Cunningham, the founder and first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, had himself remarked that defamatory stories about the Bhumihars were actually spread by "their enemies", perhaps out of jealousy. | * '''Sir Alexander Cunningham, the founder and first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India''', had himself remarked that defamatory stories about the Bhumihars were '''actually spread by "their enemies"''', perhaps out of jealousy. | ||
* Even D. L. Drake-Brockman, a British-era civil servant and author of several British government gazetteers, rejected the false origin stories about Bhumihars. He wrote that these rumours were generally propagated by the Brahmin and Rajput neighbours of Bhumihars, and stated that he had found no evidence to supporting those fabricated stories made by the Brahmins and Rajputs. | * Even '''D. L. Drake-Brockman, a British-era civil servant''' and author of several British government gazetteers, rejected the false origin stories about Bhumihars. He wrote that '''these rumours were generally propagated by the Brahmin and Rajput neighbours of Bhumihars''', and stated that he had found no evidence to supporting those fabricated stories made by the Brahmins and Rajputs. | ||
== Written proof against "Bhumihars are a mixed race" == | == Written proof against "Bhumihars are a mixed race" == | ||