Raja Rash Bihari Lal Mandal (1866-1918) was a zamindar,[1] philanthropist and a leader of Indian Independence Movement.

[3] Rash Bihari Lal was born in 1866 as the only son of Raghubar Dayal Mandal, a Ahir(maujhraut) Zamindar of Murho Estate.

[5] Rash Bihari Babu studied till 11th standard and had knowledge of Hindi, Urdu, Maithili, Sanskrit, Persian, English and French languages.

[10] Despite being anti-British, In 1911, Rash Bihari Lal Mandal was given a prestigious place in the Delhi Durbar of Emperor George V's coronation in India.

[12] Babu Rash Bihari Lal died of illness on 26 August 1918 in Banaras, at the age of 52.