Chitra Katha

Birsa MundaDharti Aba

In 1899–1900 he led the Ulgulan, the great Munda rising around Ranchi against the British and the landlords, and died in Ranchi jail on 9 June 1900.

15 November 1875 – 9 June 1900

The full life
1Born at Ulihatu, Khunti district, Jharkhand.
2Firing at Dombari Buru: 9 January 1900.Birsa Munda · The Munda people · The British
3Captured 3 February 1900; died in Ranchi jail 9 June 1900.Birsa Munda
4Jharkhand state was formed on 15 November 2000, his birth anniversary.Birsa Munda · The Munda people
5His birthday, 15 November, has been kept as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas since 2021.Birsa Munda · The Munda people

Sources for these facts

  • Sarat Chandra Roy, The Mundas and Their Country (1912)
  • K. Suresh Singh, The Dust-Storm and the Hanging Mist (1966)

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