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They work as village watchmen and also as the Majhi or village headman and the Pujari or village priest.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Lohar, Dudh Kawaria, Bhil, Banka and Majhi, indicating that members of these castes have become Binjhwars and have founded families.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Majhi, Kol, Kawar and others, the Dhanuhars themselves being the progeny of Karankot and Maswasi.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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When an outsider is to be admitted a _panchayat_ of five Dhanwars is assembled, one of whom must be of the Majhi sept.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Majhi, a headman; Behra, manager of the household; Amata, counsellor; and Dandsena, a police official.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The Majhi pours water from a brass vessel on to the topmost hand, and it trickles down from one to the other on to those of the candidate and his wife.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Three men riding on a single motorcycle opened fire at Jagabandhu Majhi, whose legs are crippled, as he attended a public function at the village of Gona in Nabrangpur district.
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Majhi Re 'from film Khushboo, he created the water sound by
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Majhi - the sole breadwinner in his eight-member family in West Bengal's Malda district - was ploughing his fields when he was bitten by a poisonous snake.
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Some 14 people have died because of tuberculosis in the last two years, and Majhi says the villages never had such an incidence of TB before.
The Economic Times 2010
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