Mithila State Movement

Mithila State Movement is a movement advocating a separate Mithila state in India.

History

In 1921, Maharaja Rameshwar Singh of Darbhanga Raj raised the demand for a separate state of Mithila based on the concept of creating “a series of self-governing provinces and principalities federated by one central government.” ^[1] In 1936, Odisha was separated from Bihar, but the demand of a separate Mithila state remained ignored.

Related organisations

The main role of Mithila State Movement is being done by 'Antarrashtriya Maithili Parishad', 'Mithila Rajya Nirman Sena', 'Sanyukta Mithila Rajya Sangharsh Samiti' 'Mithila Student Union' and The Pro Maithils.^[2][3][4]

Industrial ruins in Mithila

Main article: Industrial ruins in Mithila region

In the earlier period, Mithila was full of industrial estates. There were many industries in the region in regime of Darbhanga Raj Kingdom. These industries were flourishing the economy of the region. After the independence of India, the rule of Darbhanga Raj Kingdom ended and then the industrial estates of the region started gradually closing due to the negligence of the central government as well as state government of Bihar. The region was full of many sugar mills, cotton mills, paper industries, chocolate factories and many more agricultural industries. In the last three decades,^{[clarification needed]} due to the castism politics in Bihar by the leaders there, the agenda of industrial development got neglected and gradually industries got closed. Nowadays these industrial estates have become ruins. This led to the migrations of labours and human resources from the area to the metropolitan cities of the country.^[5] The sugar mills of Sakari, Lohat, Raiyam and Samastipur was very famous in the country. Mithila was the bowl of sugar in India three decades ago. Hayaghat was famous for Ashok Paper Industry and similarly Pandaul was famous for Cotton mills. Purnea, Saharsa, Katihar, Muzaffarpur and, Darbhanga was famous for Jute industries since 1794 up to 1990.^{[citation needed]}

Proposed Map of Mithila State showing the districts of the proposed state.

List of the districts in the proposed state

Madhubani, Darbhanga,

Janaki garh, Chankigarh, Champaran

In the period of Mahesh Thakur, the centre of Mithila was at Madhubani and Darbhanga. The last kingdom of Mithila was Darbhanga Raj Kingdom. This kingdom ended after the independence of India. The Kingdom got merged into the Union of India in 1947 and became the part of present Bihar state demanding the separate Mithila State for Indian part of Mithila.^{[citation needed]}

Tourism in Mithila

Janaki Kund, Birthplace of Sita, Parauna Dham, Sitamarhi, Mithila

Main article: Tourism in Mithila

Mithila is the part of Ramayana, Mahabharata and ancient Indian philosophy. ^{[citation needed]}

Ruins of Rajnagar Kingdom in Mithila