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Late Lamented Rash Behari Lal Mandal, the Yadav King and Lion of Mithila. The editorial of 27th April,1908 Amrita Bazar Patrika, the renowned daily of India then, published from Calcutta was all praise for Rash Bihari Lal Mandal, the Zamindar of Murho Estate, Madhepura for having taken headlong Mr FF Lyall, the haughty Disrtict Magistrate of Bhagalpur, and Mandal's petition at Calcutta High Court for transfer of his cases from Bhagalpur to Darbhanga on the ground of prejudiced attitude of Lyall had been accepted. Lyall raked the issue again by making defamatory comments against the Justices of Calcutta High Court on the order, and was again hauled for it. Before that the 22nd February, 1908 issue of Amrita Bazar Patrika had reported the issue, according to which Mr Jackson, the Lawyer of Rashbihari Lal Mandal had argued before Justice Geidt that since 1902, when Mandal had refused to part with a certain piece of Land at heart of Madhepura (where now Rashbihari Vidyalay stands) on the orders of the Mr Shirres, the then District Magistrate, had incurred the wrath of the administration and police. Since then series of criminal cases were brought against Mr Mandal and he had to move to High Court more than a dozen of times to save himself. It was not a mere coincidence that the first person to be granted bail before arrest (so common these days as Anticipatory Bail), on the orders of Calcutta High Court was Late Rashbihari Lal Mandal. The Gazetteer of Bhagalpur District has also mentioned the extraordinary case of Rashbihari Lal Mandal. Late Rashbihari Lal Mandal had many distinctions to his credit. Born in 1866 to Raghubar Dayal Mandal, the Zamindar of Murho, he had inherited considerable property at Ranipatti also. Rashbihari Lal's parents died when he was very young and he had to look after his estate since adolescence. He was educated till Class XI and knew many languages including Sanskrit, Hindi, Maithili, English, Urdu, Persian and French. Everyday newspaper in various languages were by his bedside at Murho. By 1908 Rashbihari Lal Mandal had come to the forefront of the National Movement, started his contribution in the Social Justice Movement and continued his legal crusade against the British rulers. However, late Rashbihari Lal Mandal also made history by attending the coronation of King GeorgeV at Delhi and also by leading a delegation of Yadav leaders to Montagu-Chelmsford Committee to demand rights for Yadav's and also to establish Ahir Regiment in the Army. Here he shook hands with Lord Chelmsford rather than rendering the traditional 'salami' to the Viceroy. Rashbihari Lal Mandal was the first leader of Yadav Community, nay the Backward Classes, to be the elected Member of Provincial Congress Committee and the All India Congress Committee from Bihar. He came in contact with Surendra Nath Bannerjea, Bipin Chandra Pal,Sachidanand Sinha and other Congress leaders at Calcutta, and remained on the forefront of the Congress leadership of Bihar till his death in 1918. Dr Rajendra Prasad had confided with Late B P Mamdal, the youngest son of late Rashbihari Lal Mandal in 1952, when he had gone to seek Congress ticket for Vidhan Sabha, that Rashbihari Babu used to be our inspiration and guide us at Calcutta when we were students. Rashbihari Lal Mandal organised the first GopeJatiy Mahasabha (later christened as Yadav Mahasabha) at Murho, Madhepura in December, 1911. It was a unique coincidence that when Late Rash Bihari Lal Mandal breathed his last at a young age of 51 at Benaras on 25th-26th August 1918, it was here that his youngest son B P Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar was born. Rashbihari Babu's eldest son was Bhubneshwari Prasad Mandal, Member, Bihar-Orissa Legislative Council in 1924 and Chairman, Bhagalpur Local Board (District Board) till his death in 1948, and second son was Lamleshwari Prasad Mandal, member, Bihar Legislative Concil in 1937. #MurhoEstate #MandalFamily