History of Madan Born in 1915, Madan was the son of Mooniah and Kowlessar. He became an orphan in his early teens and was forced to fend for himself as an itinerant. Daily, he would wander around San Juan, Barataria, and Aranguez doing menial jobs to feed himself. He developed valuable skills as a cricketer …
History of Kowlessar Born around 1886, Kowlessar was the son of Bachu of the Koiri Caste and was approximately 24 years old when he was visited by a recruitment officer sometime in September 1906, in the Village of Narah, under the Thana of Gola, the District of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh inquiring as to whether he …
History of Mooniah Born around 1886, Mooniah was from the village of Basantpur in the Thana and District of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, a member of the Kurmi caste. The Kurmi is a low-level agricultural caste known for its early resistance to caste discrimination. As early as 1894, the first Kurmi caste association had been formed …