BIRSA MUNDA

Nov. 16, 2020

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Bhagwan Birsa Munda on his Jayanti.

About:

  • Birsa Munda (1875 – 1900) was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader, 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.

  • The revolt mainly concentrated in the Munda belt of Khunti, Tamar, Sarwada and Bandgaon.

  • His slogan threatening the British Raj—Abua raj seter jana, maharani raj tundu jana ("Let the kingdom of the queen be ended and our kingdom be established")—is remembered even today.

  • His portrait hangs in the Indian Parliament Museum; he is the only tribal leader to have been so honoured.