KSHATRIYA KURMI BIHAR: April 2011

THE KURMIS OF BIHAR . IN POLITIS,BUISNESS,EDUCATION

NEW DELHI: The Kurmis' attempt to forge a political and social identity through Sanskritisation is not unique. The Yadavs, the other backward caste in competition with the Kurmis in Bihar, have also done it.

But the Kurmis, unlike the Yadavs, countered their smaller numbers by charting out a pan-India strategy. However, despite education and a wider national presence, they have lagged behind the Yadavs politically.

In 1894, the Kurmis formed their first association in Lucknow to give teeth to their protest against the British decision to cut their numbers in the police force. Realising it was not enough, the Kurmi Sabha of Awadh included peasants like Patidars, Kappus, Vokkaligas, Reddys, Naidus and Marathas of other states in its fold.

By 1910, the All India Kurmi Kshatriya Mahasabha was in place with its call to members to wear the sacred thread and a demand for more job reservation. The Ramanandi sect traced the Kurmis' ancestry to Luv, giving them a Kshatriya status. Similarly, Koeris, another influential backward caste, traced their origin to Kush.

The fight for dignity by the Kurmis metamorphosed into a caste syndicate along with Yadavs and Koeris. In 1933, the Triveni Sangh was named the upper crust of the syndicate. But by the mid-1940s, their superior status wore off, particularly because of the Yadavs' insistence that they were the natural leaders of OBCs.

Nearly five decades later, a similar arrogance by Laloo Prasad Yadav saw parting of ways once again. Formation of Samata Party in 1994 by Nitish Kumar, a Kurmi, formalised a new backward-upper caste alliance (Samata Party and BJP). In 1999, the alliance won 41 of the 54 parliamentary seats in undivided Bihar. But the success was not be repeated a few months later at the assembly polls.

In Bihar's political divide, though Kurmis and Koeris are seen to be on the same side, unity has eluded them. In the 1970s, the All India Kurmi Kshatriya Sabha created a sub-set by bringing in the Koeris. But even there they lacked unity, and Laloo used this in 1998 by foisting Shakuni Chaudhry, a Koeri, as an incarnation of Kush.

Laloo's ascendancy in the early 1990s saw marginalisation of Kurmis. Laloo did implement his 1990-poll promise of increasing OBC reservation, in reality mostly Yadavs gained from it. With the formation of Samata Party, polarisation was complete.In 1894 the Kurmi formed their first association in Lucknow which was named as “Sardar Kurmi Sabha” to protest the British decision to cut their numbers in the military forces. In its 5th conference in 1909, this sabha changed its name to “All India Kurmi Kshatriya Association”. The Kurmi was one of those few castes which did suffer the least atrocities of the British as Kurmi people were mostly zamindars or farmers and would timely pay taxes or grains. In the era of independence, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel led the Kurmi and is arguably regarded as the greatest leader of the Kurmi. Today, most of the Kurmi are wealthy and land owners with strong political affiliations.

BRISHIN PATEL - JD(U) - Vaishali (Vaishali )

HE IS BORN IN A KURMI FAMILY OF BIHAR with good lanf hor cultivation he does not has any case on him

he is good politician indeed he is CABINET LEVEL MINISTER IN BIHAR GOVERNMENT

BRISHIN PATEL in the CENTER

Assets Information

Movable Assets	Rs 7,27,037 ~ 7 Lacs+
Immovable Assets	Rs 4,00,000 ~ 4 Lacs+
Total Assets	Rs 11,27,037 ~ 11 Lacs+

Liabilities Information

Liabilities

Nil

HE IS B.SC. EDUCATED

Details of Movable Assets

Sr No	Description	self	spouse	dependent1	dependent2	dependent3
i	Cash	5,02,944 5 Lacs+	Nil	0 UNCLEAR	58,470 58 Thou+	Nil	Rs 5,61,414 5 Lacs+
ii	Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies	0 UNCLEAR	Nil	0 UNCLEAR	58,423 58 Thou+	Nil	Rs 58,423 58 Thou+
iii	Bonds, Debentures and Shares in companies	3,600 3 Thou+	Nil	3,600 3 Thou+ UNCLEAR	0 UNCLEAR	Nil	Rs 7,200 7 Thou+
iv	(a) NSS, Postal Savings etc	1,00,000 1 Lacs+ NSS	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Rs 1,00,000 1 Lacs+
iv	(b) LIC or other insurance Policies **Not counted in total assets	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
v	Motor Vehicles (details of make, etc.)	0 UNCLEAR	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Rs 0
vi	Jewellery (give details weight value)	Nil	Nil	0 UNCLEAR	Nil	Nil	Rs 0
vii	Other assets, such as values of claims / interests	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Totals		Rs 6,06,544 6 Lacs+	Nil	Rs 3,600 3 Thou+	Rs 1,16,893 1 Lacs+	Nil	Rs 7,27,037 7 Lacs+

Details of Immovable Assets

Sr No	Description	self	spouse	dependent1	dependent2	dependent3
i	Agricultural Land	0 UNCLEAR	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Rs 0
ii	Non Agricultural Land	0 UNCLEAR	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Rs 0
iii	Buildings	0 UNCLEAR	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Rs 0
iv	Houses	Nil	Nil	Nil	4,00,000 4 Lacs+	Nil	Rs 4,00,000 4 Lacs+
v	Others	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Totals		Rs 0	Nil	Nil	Rs 4,00,000 4 Lacs+	Nil	Rs 4,00,000 4 Lacs+

Details of Liabilities

the politician is a well known socialist politician hailing from bihar.he belomgs to the mighty KSHATRIYA KURMI community of bihar.he created a historical win in the 2010 BIHAR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. by getting an hilarious majority of more than 80% in india,This is 1st time in the history of india.as KURMI cate ias a cheif agricultural caste.it comes in the upper layer backward class IN india & BIHAR.FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT HIM VISIT. www.cm.bih.nic.in,www.nitishspeaks.blogspot.com,www.indiangov.in.

he is 1st to provide 50% reservation to female s in gram panchayats of bihar

Positions Held

Period	Positions	Note
1977	Contested first assembly elections on a Janata Party ticket.
1985-89	Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly.	First term in Legislative Assembly
1986-87	Member, Committee on Petitions, Bihar Legislative Assembly.
1987-88	President, Yuva Lok Dal, Bihar.
1987-89	Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, Bihar Legislative Assembly.
1989	Secretary-General, Janata Dal, Bihar.
1989	Elected to 9th Lok Sabha.	First term in Lok Sabha
1989-16/7/1990	Member, House Committee.	Resigned
4/1990-11/1990	Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Co-operation.
1991	Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha.	2^nd term in Lok Sabha
1991-93	General-Secretary, Janata Dal. Deputy Leader of Janata Dal in Parliament.
17/12/91-10/5/96	Member, Railway Convention Committee.
8/4/93-10/5/96	Chairman, Committee on Agriculture.
1996	Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha. Member, Committee on Estimates. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment Bill, 1996).	3^rd term in Lok Sabha
1996-98	Member, Committee on Defence.
1998	Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha.	4^th term in Lok Sabha
19/3/98-5/8/99	Union Cabinet Minister, Railways.
14/4/98-5/8/99	Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (additional charge).
1999	Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha.	5^th term in Lok Sabha
13/10/99-22/11/99	Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport.
22/11/99-3/3/00	Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture.
3/3/00-10/3/00	Chief Minister, Bihar.	as 29^th Chief Minister of Bihar, only for 7 days
27/5/00-20/3/01	Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture.
20/3/01-21/7/01	Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture with additional charge of Railways.
22/7/01-21/5/04	Union Cabinet Minister, Railways
2004	Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha. Member, Committee on Coal & Steel. Member, General Purposes Committee. Member, Committee of Privileges. Leader Janata Dal (U) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha.	6^th term in Lok Sabha
From 24/11/2005 - 24/11/2010	Chief Minister, Bihar.	as 31^st Chief Minister of Bihar,
From 26/11/2010 - Till Date	Chief Minister, Bihar.	as 32^nd Chief Minister of Bihar

[edit]See also

Awards and recognition

NDTV Indian of the Year - Politics, 2010^[8]
Forbes "India's Person of the Year", 2010^[9]
CNN-IBN "Indian of the Year Award" - Politics, 2010^[10]
NDTV Indian of the year - Politics, 2009^[11]
Economics Times "Business reformer of the Year 2009".^[12]
'Polio Eradication Championship Award' 2009, by Rotary Internationals.^[13]
CNN-IBN Great Indian of the Year - Politics, 2008^[14]
The Best Chief Minister,^[15] according to the CNN-IBN and HT State of the Nation Poll 2007.

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