Bhojpuri people

The Bhojpuri people, also known as Bhojpuriya-sawb (Devanagari: भोजपुरीया सब; Kaithi: 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲𑂨𑂰 𑂮𑂥; Romanized: bhojapuriyā sab) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Bhojpuri-language and inhabit the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region. This area is now divided between the western part of the Indian state of Bihar, the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, western Jharkhand, along with some neighbouring districts in the Madhya Pradesh and Madhesh and Lumbini of Nepal. A significant diaspora population of Bhojpuris can be found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa, Mauritius, United States, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

Language and literature
Bhojpuri is spoken by around 50 million people. It is native to Bhojpuri region of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Bhojpuri is sociolinguistically considered one of the "Hindi dialects" although it linguistically belongs to the geographic Bihari branch of Eastern Indo-Aryan languages. The first Bhojpuri novel Bindiã was written by Ram Nath Pandey in 1955. It was published by Bhojpuri Sansad, Jagatganj, Varanasi. Bhikhari Thakur's was famous writer of Bhojpuri language. His famous book is Bidesiya.

Cuisine
Bhojpuri cuisine is part of North Indian cuisine. It is mild and spice is less used. It has majorly influenced the cuisine of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa.

Influence and reputation
According to G.A. Grierson, Bhojpuriya people have influenced all over India and called them people from energetic race and has called them the Civilizer of Hindostan. In order to compare Bhojpuriyas with Maithils and Magahiya he writes:

He further writes that Bhojpuri people form the fighting nation of Hindostan, and has praised for grab any opportunity. He writes:

Notable people

 * Mangal Pandey, Freedom fighter from Ballia
 * Anand Satyanand, first ethnic Indian, non-white, non-Maori, Roman Catholic, Asian and ethnic minority Governor General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011
 * Kabirdas, Bhojpuri poet
 * Ravindra Kishore Sinha, Billionaire businessman and Politician
 * Siddhant Chaturvedi, Bollywood actor
 * Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian independence activist and politician (Bharat Ratna)
 * Dr. Rajendra Prasad, First President of India
 * Lal Bahadur Shastri, Second Prime Minister of India
 * Chandra Shekhar, Former Prime Minister of India
 * Lalu Prasad Yadav, Politician and Former Chief Minister of Bihar
 * Bhikhari Thakur, Author
 * Heera Dom, Poet
 * Raj Mohan, Singer
 * Dinesh Bhramar, Poet
 * Bindeshwari Dubey, freedom fighter and politician
 * Ravi Kishan, Actor and Politician
 * Manoj Bajpayee, Actor
 * Vinay Pathak, Actor
 * Om Prakash Rajbhar, Politician
 * Saryu Rai, Politician
 * Medini Ray, king of Palamu in 17th century
 * Babu Veer Kunwar Singh, Maharaja of Jagdishpur estate
 * Parichay Das
 * Manoj Bhawuk, Bhojpuri Po
 * Anjana Om Kashyap, Journalist
 * Chandan Tiwari, Folk singer
 * Manoj Tiwari, Actor, singer and politician
 * Pankaj Tripathi, Actor
 * Nitish Kumar, Chief minister of Bihar, Politician
 * Amita Suman, Actress
 * Yashwant Sinha, Bureaucrat, Politician
 * Munshi Premchand, Author
 * Bahadur Prasad, Olympian