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Birsa Munda pronunciation ⓘ (15 November 1875 – 9 June 1900) [4] was an Indian tribal independence activist, and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe. He spearheaded a tribal religious millenarian movement that arose in the Bengal Presidency (now Jharkhand) in the late 19th century, during the British Raj, thereby making him an important figure in the history of the Indian ...
Devi's 1977 novel Aranyer Adhikar (Right to the Forest) was about the life of Birsa Munda. [3] And in June 2016, consequent to Devi's activism, the Jharkhand State Government finally saw to the removal of the manacles from the figure of Munda, which had been part of the commemorative sculpture of the notable young tribal leader due to its ...
Santals lived in and depended on forests. In 1832, the British demarcated the Damin-i-koh region in present-day Jharkhand and invited Santhals to settle in the region. Due to promises of land and economic amenities a large numbers of Santhals came to settle from Cuttack, Dhalbhum, Manbhum, Hazaribagh, Midnapore etc.
The Birsa Commando Force has also been the subject of significant media attention and academic research, with many analysts and observers examining the group's origins, activities, and impact. Some have argued that the Birsa Commando Force was a response to longstanding grievances and injustices faced by tribal communities in Jharkhand, while ...
Bill Gates, philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder, pictured with ex-wife Melinda as they listen to a speech by French President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on April ...
Between 1895 and 1900, a movement against the British Raj was led by Birsa Munda (born 15 November 1875). Birsa Munda was captured by British forces and declared dead on 9 June 1900 in the Ranchi Jail, due to Cholera, according to records of the British colonial government. All of these uprisings were quelled by the British through massive ...
A man known as "The Truck Stop Serial Killer" was convicted Wednesday in the 2007 murder of an Indianapolis woman. Bruce Mendenhall has now been found guilty of three murders, and he remains a ...
A New York man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly hiring someone to kill his estranged husband, a wealthy art dealer, who was found brutally stabbed in Brazil last year.