This day not only commemorates Munda on his birth anniversary but also highlights the rich cultural heritage and contributions of tribal communities across India often overlooked in the past.
Built in 15 months, the stadium is now a benchmark in hockey infrastructure with a seating capacity of 20,011 with uninterrupted viewing experience for all.
He revived the traditional tribal culture which was being negatively affected by the Christian missionaries.
The Nawabs of Murshidabad had helped the British by providing armoured elephants intending to defeat the tribal uprising during the great mutiny, said the scholar, Dr Shaktinath Jhan.
On last 5 November, Union Minister Amit Shah had kicked off his two days political trip to Bengal offering flowers to the statue on NH 60 at Pohabagan crossing in Bankura town, which the BJP had claimed was representing Birsa. He described Birsa as Bhagwan (God).
Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on the birth anniversary of 19th-century freedom fighter and tribal leader Bhagwan Birsa Munda on November 15, 2000.
PM Modi dubbed Birsa Munda a true 'messiah' of the poor, saying that "he struggled throughout his life for the welfare of the exploited and deprived".
Union Minister was in Bankura -- a district which is a part of the tribal-dominated Jangalmahal area of Bengal -- to tap the tribal votes.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday paid tributes to iconic tribal leader Birsa Munda on his 142nd birth anniversary. “Tributes…
Tata Steel inaugurated the third edition of its pan-India tribal conclave on Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary on Tuesday here, with…
