Published on: November 16, 2022
Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
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Why in news?
The birth anniversary of the iconic tribal leader Birsa Munda is observed as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas by government
About Birsa Munda
- He was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, 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
- Revolt areas : Concentrated in the Munda belt of Khunti, Tamar, Sarwada and Bandgaon.
- New Faith : ‘Birsait’(Mundas, Oraons, and Kharias)
- Cause : Unfair land grabbing practices by colonial and local authorities that demolished the tribal conventional land system
- Known for challenging the Christian missionaries and revolting against the conversion activities along with the Munda and Oraon communities.
- Revolt : Ulgulan movement
- Slogan: Bua raj ete jana, maharani raj tundu jana (“Let the kingdom of the queen be ended and our kingdom be established”)