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'''Muraos''' are a community of agriculturists found in parts of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Bihar]]. They are also known as Maurya.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/caste-groups-are-burning-rajnath-singhs-effigies-as-he-called-chandragupta-maurya-shepherd/|title=Caste groups are burning Rajnath Singh's effigies as he called Chandragupta Maurya shepherd|first=Shivam|last=Vij|work=theprint.in|access-date=27 May 2020|archive-date=28 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428214837/https://theprint.in/opinion/caste-groups-are-burning-rajnath-singhs-effigies-as-he-called-chandragupta-maurya-shepherd/|url-status=live}}</ref> They form a part of a wider community called the [[Kushwaha]], which includes [[Koeri]] and [[Kachhi (caste)|Kachhi]] castes. The All India Kushwaha Kshatriya Mahasabha is an organisation of these sub-castes, which also represents the interests of the Murao community.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-rMW03l_gx0C&pg=PA199|author= Christophe Jaffrelot|title= India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|year= 2003|place= United Kingdom|publisher= Hurst.|page= 199|isbn= 9781850653981|access-date= 2022-09-30|archive-date= 2022-09-30|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220930221815/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-rMW03l_gx0C&pg=PA199&dq=|url-status= live}}</ref> In Uttar Pradesh, a section of the community called [[Kunjra]] amongst [[Muslim]]s, classified as an [[Other Backward Class]], was formed due to conversion of Muraos to [[Islam]]. The Kunjra are also called ''Sabj Farosh'' and like Muraos, they grew vegetables. In recent times, the community produced educated individuals engaged in white collar jobs.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hasnain|last=Nadeem|title=The Other Lucknow: An Ethnographic Portrait of a City of Undying Memories and Nostalgia|place=India|publisher=Vani Prakashan|year=2016|quote=The Kabaria group of Kunjra has become a distinct and endogamous community dealing in scrap. It is believed that they are converts who once belonged to Hindu Murao caste. They speak both Awadhi and Urdu.The Kunjras are an urban based community and a substantial number of Kunjras own lands and are engaged in agriculture and growing vegetables. In the city they sell vegetables and fruits. Apart from their traditional occupation they are also indulged in business, trade, industry, service or are self-employed. This community also has scholars, white collar employees and political leaders at the regional level.}}</ref>

During 1919-1920, in the villages like Rure, [[Arkha]] and Rasulpur of [[Uttar Pradesh]], large population of superior cultivating castes like Muraos and Kurmis resided. These castes had age old tradition of independence and caste solidarity and it was among them that the Kisan Sabha movement of early twentieth century took its initial roots. These cultivating castes followed the traditional method of ''Nai-Dhobi band'' (or disallowing the service of barber and washerman to non cooperators in their struggle against the landlords) and used their robust caste panchayats to give initial support to Kisan Sabha politics, which worked for solving peasant grievances against the landlords and also blended with [[Non-cooperation movement]] under [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-A2oDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT210&dq=|title=The Rise and Fall of Modern Empires, Volume IV: Reactions to Colonialism|year=2016|place= United Kingdom|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|page=210-211}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Sainthwar]]

==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Bihar]]
[[Category:Agricultural castes]]
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