Demand for #Mithila_Rajya: A demonstration was witnessed today at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar regarding a centuries-old demand in Bihar. There is a demand to separate the Mithilanchal part of Bihar and create a new Mithila state. Who are the people making this demand? Why do they feel that the Mithila region needs to be made a separate state? And how much power is there in this demand? What is the attitude of the government?
हे मैथिल समाज, आबो जागु। अप्पन अधिकार मांगू।
मिथिला राज्य आवश्यक अछि।
एकरा लेल संघर्ष करऽ पड़त।।
जय मिथिला।
Hey Maithil community, wake up. Ask for my rights.
Mithila state is necessary.
You have to struggle for one shot.
Hail Mithila.
Mithila Student Union (MSU) staged a sit-in protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding creation of Mithila state. The demand for Mithila state has been agitating for decades. For the first time the demand for Mithila state was made in 1912. After this, the demand was made by Maharaja Kameshwar Singh in 1921, but for the first time the movement for Mithila state took place in 1952, after which this matter has been gaining momentum again and again.
Mithila is not just a word or a name, it is a feeling, a resolution, a history, a geography, a language and a culture, an identity. Mithila is the existence, soul power of more than 7 crore people. It is not dominated by any party, organization, group, caste, religion, district, language, but it is all-round.
Mithila is very low on various indicators of development. Today it is necessary that the policy makers should make separate policies according to the needs of Mithila and implement them so that the path of development of Mithila can be paved.
The Mithila State Movement is a 300-year-old movement that advocates for a separate Mithila state in India. This movement gained momentum in 1902 AD, when Sir George Grierson, an officer of the British Indian Government, prepared a map of Mithila State by conducting a language-based survey. In 1881, the word Mithila was added to the dictionary of the British Government of India. The proposed Mithila state would include 24 districts of Bihar and six districts of Jharkhand, a total of 30 districts, with a population of about 70 million. Whereas, the area is 70 thousand square km.
History related to the demand of Mithila state
Mithila was a kingdom in ancient India. Mithila is currently a cultural region that includes the Tirhut, Darbhanga, Munger, Kosi, Purnea and Bhagalpur divisions of Bihar and the Santhal Parganas division of Jharkhand as well as parts of the Terai region of Nepal. Mithila was also called Janakpur. Ahilyashram was located near Mithila. According to Valmiki Ramayana, the founder of the dynasty of Mithila was Nimi. Mithi was his son and Janak was the son of Mithi.
For the first time in 1912, there was a demand for a separate state of Mithila.
- In 1921, Maharaja Rameshwar Singh again demanded.
- The movement took place for the first time in 1952.
- In 1954 Janaki Nandan Singh raised the demand.
- In 1956, he handed over the document to Pandit Nehru.
- In 1986, Vijay Mishra raised the demand!
- In 1996, the Mithila Rajya Samiti intensified the movement.
- Movement led by Tarakant Jha in 2004
- JDU leader supported Mithila state in 2008
- In 2015, MP Kirti Azad raised the demand in Parliament.
Even after this, no concrete decision has been taken by the government regarding the demand of Mithila. But the demand for formation of Mithila state, separate from Bihar, remains in headlines again and again. Talking about the numerical strength of Maithili speaking people, the existence of more than 7 crore people is related to it. Maithili language is also listed in the eighth schedule of the constitution.
In this episode, the fighters of Mithila Student Union (MSU) staged a sit-in demonstration at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. MSU fighters allege that the Mithila region has always been given step-motherly treatment by the central and state governments. The people of Mithila have been kept in flood and drought for decades. In the name of development in the Mithila region, the Government of India has only done paper work.
There was a time when about 40 percent of India’s sugar production came from Tirhut. But due to political negative thinking, today this proportion has reduced to hardly 4 per cent. Before independence there were 33 sugar mills in this area. But today only 28 are left, in which only 5 mills are working. Today, the abandoned sugar mill land of Mithila, the story of destruction is crying out and saying that the development that should have happened with the Mithila region did not happen. Somewhere this area was kept deprived of development in a planned manner. At present, there are many mills in Mithila region Rayam, Darbhanga, Lohat Madhubani, Motipur, Muzaffarpur, Garaul Vaishali, Banmankhi, Purnia, which have been closed for many decades.
If Mithila state is formed then people will get better education and health. Apart from this, people will also get employment if the industry is set up. About twenty districts of Bihar come under the region of Mithila, including Darbhanga, Madhubani, Saharsa, Madhepura, Purnia, Supaul, Begusarai, Sitamarhi, Samastipur, Katihar, Araria and many other districts.
Activists say that – We are the second generation people demanding separate Mithila state, we are residents of Mithila from the past and will remain so. Our biggest identity is the birthplace. Then there is language. But due to lack of political participation, we have been continuously neglected. Bihar was suddenly created in 1912 and imposed on us. The glorious history of our Mithla is thousands of years old. Due to having different language, culture, customs and a different geographical location, the demand for a separate state of Mithila is being made for a long time.
As much development work was done in Mithila at the time of independence from British, it has gone backward after independence. Other states have developed a lot, but Mithila has remained isolated.
“Mithila” was a state in ancient India, mentioned in Mahabharata, Ramayana, Puranas and Jain and Buddhist texts, which once fell to some clever politician but not now, now we need our rights, # Mithila Rajya is needed.!
Jharkhand is moving on the path of development by separating from Bihar. We want that Mithila should also be made a separate state so that the residents of Mithilanchal can develop their own Mithila. Today Bihar’s name is at the top among the most backward states of the country and Mithilanchal’s name comes in the most backward region in Bihar. This is happening due to the neglect of the area. Every year the development of Mithilanchal gets washed away in the flood water.
अप्पन भाषा, अप्पन लोक आ अप्पन माटि के राखू अविभाज्य, घुरि कऽ आयत मिथिलाक वैभव सहित अप्पन मिथिला राज्य। उठल बयार क्रांति केर आ मैथिल जन जाइग रहल अन्हारे में बितल दिवस तै मिथिला राज मांईग रहल!
Appan Bhasha, Appan Lok and Appan Mati’s Rakhu inseparable, Appan Mithila state including Ghuri’s rectangle Mithilak Vaibhav. Uthal Bayar Kranti Ker Aa Maithil Jan Jaig Rahal Anhare Mein Bital Diwas Tai Mithila Raj Maiig Rahal!
Mithilanchal region is flood affected area. This problem has been there for hundreds of years, but no government could use the water resources here for development. The result is that every year the development of Mithilanchal gets washed away in the flood water. Because of this, the people living here have no other option but to migrate to other states for livelihood.
भीख नही अधिकार चाही!
जय मिथिला जय जानकी Hail Mithila Hail Janaki
हम सब मैथिल छी; हमरा मिथिला राज्य चाही!!
Wanted rights, not begging!
We all shit; Wanted our Mithila state!!
Along with Jharkhand, there was a demand to make Mithilanchal a separate state, but Jharkhand was made a separate state with its mineral wealth and Mithilanchal was left to live with the flood.
Well what’s wrong? Is this demand wrong? What do you think what is wrong? Are these feelings wrong or are the chances wrong? The residents of this area have killed their self-respect long back, at least now don’t mix poison in the remaining pains. Have you ever known the condition of a holy land like Punaura Dham? Have you ever visited the place of Baba Viddapati? Will you agree only after finishing everything?
This is an unending struggle which will continue till the objective is fulfilled.
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