B.P. Mandal

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B. P. Mandal is best known for authoring the Mandal Commission report that radically changed Indian polity. Mandal was born in Murho, in the Madhepura district.

Mandal was also the chief minister of Bihar, for just 48 days, in 1968, an era of turbulence. (His predecessor was chief minister for only three days.)

B. P. Mandal was the son of Rash Beharilal Mandal, an extremely wealthy zamindar, who owned many bighas of land. The villagers say he probably had no idea how much he actually possessed.

His father was famous because, according to legend, he raised the demand for Indian independence at the 1911 durbar. He later became one of the leading politicians to emerge from Bihar. The Mandals belong to the Yadav caste.

B. P. Mandal, his siblings, and other descendants came into possession of large amounts of land after the death of Rash Beharilal Mandal.

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