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[[File:OBC using Rai.png|thumb|OBCs started using "Rai" surname]] | [[File:OBC using Rai.png|thumb|OBCs started using "Rai" surname]] | ||
Yadavs, Kurmis, and Koiris began adopting the Bhumihar associated titles 'Rai' & 'Singh' and started imitating the Bhumihar Janeu (sacred-thread) ceremony. Angered by this, Bhumihars were involved in two riots in the Sheohar and Belsand areas and a third in Chak Salem village, where Brahmins & Bhumihars rioted against Yadavs, Kurmis, and Koiris. Bhumihars resented that Gwalas (Yadavs) dared to consider themselves their equal so they raped a Yadav girl and left her naked. | Yadavs, Kurmis, and Koiris began adopting the Bhumihar associated titles 'Rai' & 'Singh' and started imitating the Bhumihar Janeu (sacred-thread) ceremony. Angered by this, Bhumihars were involved in two riots in the Sheohar and Belsand areas and a third in Chak Salem village, where Brahmins & Bhumihars rioted against Yadavs, Kurmis, and Koiris. Bhumihars resented that Gwalas (Yadavs) dared to consider themselves their equal so they raped a Yadav girl and left her naked. | ||
==Ahir== | ==Ahir== | ||
'''Yadavs have historically worked as laborers in the fields of Bhumihars.''' In many parts of Bihar, the traditional occupation of Yadav was bonded labour on Bhumihar owned farms & fields.<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/When_Crime_Pays/g0nJDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=For+starters,+many+Bhumihars+favored+Anant+Singh+because+they+per-ceived+that+he+was+the+only+Bhumihar+candidate+(in+a+field+with+at+least+two+other+prominent+caste-mates)+with+the+ability+to+protect+the+economic+interests+of+Mokama%27s+upper+castes.+In+Mokama,+land+is+the+most+highly+prized+economic+asset,+and+Bhumihars+as+a+group+make+up+the+bulk+of+the+landed+gentry,+the+most+powerful+of+whom+are+former+zamindars.+In+Mokama,+backward-caste+Yadavs+traditionally+worked+as+laborers+on+farms+owned+by+Bhumihar+landlords.+As+Yadavs+gradu-&pg=PA187&printsec=frontcover When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics]</ref> | '''Yadavs have historically worked as laborers in the fields of Bhumihars.''' In many parts of Bihar, the traditional occupation of Yadav was bonded labour on Bhumihar owned farms & fields.<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/When_Crime_Pays/g0nJDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=For+starters,+many+Bhumihars+favored+Anant+Singh+because+they+per-ceived+that+he+was+the+only+Bhumihar+candidate+(in+a+field+with+at+least+two+other+prominent+caste-mates)+with+the+ability+to+protect+the+economic+interests+of+Mokama%27s+upper+castes.+In+Mokama,+land+is+the+most+highly+prized+economic+asset,+and+Bhumihars+as+a+group+make+up+the+bulk+of+the+landed+gentry,+the+most+powerful+of+whom+are+former+zamindars.+In+Mokama,+backward-caste+Yadavs+traditionally+worked+as+laborers+on+farms+owned+by+Bhumihar+landlords.+As+Yadavs+gradu-&pg=PA187&printsec=frontcover When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics]</ref> | ||