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Bihar experienced slower economic growth compared to the rest of India, prompting many Biharis to migrate to other regions in search of better opportunities. Migrant workers from Bihar have often faced hostility and prejudice in these areas, with stereotypes portraying them as criminals, rapists, and traitors.
According to one estimate, at least 250,000 Biharis are still in Bangladesh urban refugee camps. [57] The camps have become slums, the largest of which (known as "Geneva Camp", with over 25,000 people) is crowded and undeveloped; families up to 10 people typically live in a single room, one latrine is shared by 90 families and no more than five ...
A group of High caste Bihari women in Gopalganj district (1915) A man from Bihar, attending Kumbh Mela. Agriculture workers in Gopalganj, ca. 1915. The traditional dress of Bihari people includes Dhoti and Chapkan [25] [26] or Kurta (replacing the older chapkan which is a robe fastened on the right or on the left) [26] for men and Saree for
The Times of India summarised the cause of MNS's attacks—"There's a method in MNS's madness in attacking north Indians in Mumbai though, howsoever flawed it might be. Raj believes his cousin and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray has been wooing the people from Bihar and UP—through a campaign he began back in 2005 with the inclusive call of Mee Mumbaikar—as his party's vote-bank.
A recent survey by Pratham rated the receptivity of Bihari children to their teaching as being better than those in other states. Bihar is striving to increase female literacy, now at 53.3%. Bihar is striving to increase female literacy, now at 53.3%.
This identification can encompass several groups of people. The first among them are Bihari Muslims. Although, most of this population belonged to the Bihar Province of British India, there are many from other Indian states such as West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and U.P. (United Provinces). [9]
During colonial period, the rural, as well as the urban, economy of Bihar saw a gradual change and challenge for its sustainability. The villages here were never just an agriculture-based model, rather a holistic and integrated system which gave all its people a respectable job and sufficient income out of it.
Subordination and discrimination comprised the characteristics which defined agrarian relations in Bihar during the Mughal and East India Company period. Land holding defined the hierarchy of castes in agrarian society where the upper-castes which included Brahmin, Bhumihar and Rajputs worked for the Mughal central authority and were involved in the collection of land revenue and quelling any ...