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'''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> | ||
[[File:Yadav labour1.png|center|thumb|515x515px|Yadavs traditionally worked as laborers on farms owned by Bhumihar landlords]] | [[File:Yadav labour1.png|center|thumb|515x515px|Yadavs traditionally worked as laborers on farms owned by Bhumihar landlords]] | ||
Bhumihars used to forcibly collect taxes from Yadavs on their milk and curd and made them perform begar (unpaid forced labor). When, in 1925, Bhumihars began facing resistance in continuing these exploitative practices against Yadavs, they allegedly resorted to rioting. | |||
==Kurmi== | ==Kurmi== | ||