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Born in the late 19th Century, around 1874, in a poor, peasant family, Munda grew up at his aunt’s home in Chlakad, away from his father’s birthplace in Khunti. There are stories of the crippling poverty that surrounded him and of days spent without food.

Jharkhand, which came into existence on November 15, 2000 as the 28th state of the country, has a special reason to celebrate its Foundation Day on the given date. November 15 is also the date when Birsa Munda, the tribal icon of the Indian ...

Birsa Mundas resistance held great importance and inspired subsequent generations of Adivasi leaders to fight for the separate statehood of Jharkhand. However, he remained a relatively obscure figure in the national consciousness until the early decades of independence.