Bhar

The Bhar are a caste in India, sometimes referred to as a subcaste of boatmen.

Communities that are related to the Bhar by occupation in Uttar Pradesh include the Batham, Bind, Dhimar, Dhinwar, Dhewar, Gariya, Gaur, Godia, Gond, Guria, Jhimar, Jhir, Jhinwar, Jhiwar, Kahar, Kashyap, Keot, Kewat, Kharwar, Khairwar, Kumhar, Machua, Majhi, Majhwar, Mallah, Nishad, Prajapati,Riakwar, Tura, Turah, Turaha, Tureha and Turaiha. Whether this would happen was a significant issue in the campaign for the 2014 Indian general election.

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Gopal Bhar

Gopal Bhar or Gopal Bhand (Bengali: গোপাল ভাঁড়) was a court jester in medieval Bengal. He was in the court of Raja Krishnachandra (1710-1783), the-then king of Nadia in the 18th century. The king considered Gopal as a Navaratna of his court. His statue can still be seen in the palace of Krishnachandra.

Stories

Stories about his exploits are narrated in West Bengal and Bangladesh to this day in numerous short stories. The stories are short, beautiful, humorous and have a specific social message. His stories are comparable with those of Birbal and Molla Nasiruddin.

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Krishnachandra Roy

Krishnachandra Roy (born Krishnachandra Banerji 1710-1783) was a raja and zamindar of Krishnagar, Nadia, West Bengal, India from 1728 to 1782. According to 1968's History of Bengal: Mughal period, 1526-1762, Krishnachandra was "the most important man of the period in the Hindu society of Bengal." He is credited not only with his resistance to the Mughal rule, but with his expansion of and patronage of the arts in his kingdom.

Family

Krishnachandra was born into a Brahmin family, the son of Raghuram Roy. During the reign of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, his grandfather Parasuram Banarjee earned the name "roy roy" for his service, which was later shortened to form the new family name, Roy. He was the father of three sons, Hari Prasad, Amar Chandra, and Brajabinode Roy. Through Brajabinode's fifth son, Ram Kant Roy, he is the great grandfather of Ram Mohan Roy.

Reign of Krishnachandra

During his reign, Krishnachandra was highly influential on Hindu practices, for which reason Raja Rajballabh Sen of Bikrampur sought the assistance of his pandits in supporting the overturning of the prohibition on widow remarriage after his own daughter was widowed young. Krishnachandra strongly opposed the measure. To illustrate his feelings, legend relates, he had the visitors served the meat of a buffalo calf. Offended, they rejected the food on their honor as orthodox Hindus, and when challenged indicated that though it was not explicitly prohibited it was not practice nor custom. Krishnachandra's courtiers pointed out that they had taken umbrage at being presented something not forbidden but against custom, but that they expected Krishnachandra to accept their own unorthodox proposal. With the opposition of Krishnachandra, Rajballabh failed to achieve the change he sought.

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