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[[File:Bhojpuri Speaking Region in India.png|thumb|Bhojpuri-speaking region]]
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The '''Bhojpuri region''' or '''Bhojpur''' is an area encompassing parts of the states of [[Bihar]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] in northern [[India]] where the [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] [[dialect of Hindi]] is spoken as the mother-tongue. The Bhojpuri region is bordered by [[Awadh]] in the west and [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] in the east. [[Ujjainiya]] Rajputs of the former [[Shahabad district]] of ancient [[Bihar]] established their headquarters in the town of [[Arrah]], [[Bhojpur district, Bihar|Bhojpur district]] from where the whole region received its name.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kolff|first=Dirk H.A.|year=2002|orig-year=First published 1990|title=Naukar, Rajput, and sepoy : the ethnohistory of the military labour market in Hindustan, 1450-1850|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=160|isbn=0-521-52305-2|quote=The Bhojpuri region received its name after the town of Bhojpur, the ancient headquarters of the Ujjainiya Rajputs of the erstwhile Shahabad district of Bihar.}}</ref>
The '''Bhojpuri region''' or '''Bhojpur''' is an area encompassing parts of the states of [[Bihar]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] in northern [[India]] where the [[Bhojpuri]] is spoken as the mother-tongue. The Bhojpuri region is bordered by [[Awadh]] in the west and [[Bajjika]] in the east. [[Ujjainiya]] Rajputs of the former [[Shahabad district]] of ancient [[Bihar]] established their headquarters in the town of [[Arrah]], [[Bhojpur district, Bihar|Bhojpur district]] from where the whole region received its name.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kolff|first=Dirk H.A.|year=2002|orig-year=First published 1990|title=Naukar, Rajput, and sepoy : the ethnohistory of the military labour market in Hindustan, 1450-1850|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=160|isbn=0-521-52305-2|quote=The Bhojpuri region received its name after the town of Bhojpur, the ancient headquarters of the Ujjainiya Rajputs of the erstwhile Shahabad district of Bihar.}}</ref>


==Culture==
==Culture==

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Bhojpuri-speaking region

The Bhojpuri region or Bhojpur is an area encompassing parts of the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in northern India where the Bhojpuri is spoken as the mother-tongue. The Bhojpuri region is bordered by Awadh in the west and Bajjika in the east. Ujjainiya Rajputs of the former Shahabad district of ancient Bihar established their headquarters in the town of Arrah, Bhojpur district from where the whole region received its name.[1]

Culture[edit | edit source]

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The economic and industrial growth of this region had been greatly hindered because of caste-guided political in-fighting and a huge population.[2] The culture of Bhojpur is also very much present today in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa, due to the many Indian indentured laborers who were sent there by the ruling British in the mid 19th century to the early 20th century, and were from the Purvanchal-Bhojpur region.

Districts[edit | edit source]

Bhojpuri language is spoken in the districts of Western Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh which is called Purvanchal.[3]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Kolff, Dirk H.A. (2002) [First published 1990]. Naukar, Rajput, and sepoy : the ethnohistory of the military labour market in Hindustan, 1450-1850. Cambridge University Press. p. 160. ISBN 0-521-52305-2. The Bhojpuri region received its name after the town of Bhojpur, the ancient headquarters of the Ujjainiya Rajputs of the erstwhile Shahabad district of Bihar.
  2. [1] Archived 27 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Culture of Bhojpuri Region". Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2018.. Discover Bihar, official website of Bihar Tourism.

External links[edit | edit source]

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