Pride of Jharkhand
Diva Soren-Kisun Soren
Diva Soren was born in 1820 AD at Matkom Beda village. Kisun Soren was born in Gumidpur in the Rajnagar police station area. Kisun Soren and Diva Soren were maternal brothers. His guru’s name was Raghunath Bhuiyan. After Raja Abhiram Singh of Podhat accepted the independence of the British, he inspired the people to stand against King Abhiram Singh of Podhat and the British administration. The rebellion began in 1872 AD under the leadership of Diva-Kisun. This rebellion lasted for a long time, but at last the local people informed the British administration about Diva-Kisun hiding in the mountain. Diva-Kisun was arrested by the British administration and soldiers of Raja Abhiram Singh and hanged in Seraikela jail.
Rani Sarveshwari
Rani Sarveshwari of Maheshpur of Santhal Pargana opposed the British government’s construction by the British contractors of the Company Government, without permission, to prepare the fields and bring the Santhals from Chhota Nagpur area. Rani was locked in Bhagalpur Jail, and was hanged on 6 May 1807 AD.
Arjun Singh
During the rebellion of 1857 AD, Arjun Singh, king of Porhat gave shelter to the rebel soldiers, due to which conflict between the two continued until 1859. Finally, Arjun Singh had to surrender to Commissioner Dalton. He was held captive in Benares, where he died in 1870.
Gaya Munda
He was born in Atkediha village of Murhu block in Khunti district and active since the time of Sardari movement. When the ‘Abua Dishum’ (Apna Desh) movement started under the leadership of Birsa Munda, he became the commander of Birsa Munda. On 6 January 1900, he was arrested from his village Atkedih and was lodged in Ranchi Jail. He was later hanged.
Singgi Dai and Kylie Dai
In the Agnayya language in Jharkhand, ‘Dai’ means sister. About 400 years ago, two women of the Uraon community demonstrated amazing valour in the war against the Mughals. The Mughals invaded Rohtasgarh fort thrice. ‘Jani Shikar’ is organised every 12 years in memory of this war.
Albert Ekka
Albert Ekka was the hero of the ‘Brigade of the Guards’ of the Army. He was martyred while thwarting the enemy attack in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, he was awarded ‘Paramveer Chakra’ posthumously. He was born on 27 December 1942 in a tribal Christian family in Zari village of Gumla district.
Father Hoffman (1857–1928)
Father Hoffman was a priest of German origin. He launched a ‘Co-operative Lending Society’ to liberate the tribes from the clutches of moneylenders. He also prepared ‘Munda Grammar’ and ‘Encyclopaedia Mundarika’ (16 volumes).
Sharad Chandra Rai
He is known to be India’s first anthropologist. His famous books are ‘Birhor’, ‘Mundaz and his Country’, ‘Oraon’, etc. He had special support in the creation of ‘Ranchi District Gazetteer’ (1917). He established an institution called ‘Man in India’.
Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar
He edited the letter ‘Hitwad’. He was a major contributor in starting the Swadeshi movement in 1905. Desher Katha, Tilkare Mukdma, Etah Kon Jug, etc., were his famous books.
Pandit Raghunath Murmu
In 1941, he prepared the Santhali script, Olchiki. Since then, folk literature and other compositions of Santhali language started being written in Olchiki script.
Dr. Kamil Bulke
He did his Ph.D. from Allahabad University on ‘Ramkatha Origin and Development.’ He was awarded ‘Padmabhushan’ and also received the ‘Radha Krishna Award’ for Sahitya Seva.
Dr. Kumar Suresh Singh
He produced many books on various movements in Jharkhand, including ‘Birsa Munda and his Movement’. His contribution as the ‘President of Anthropological Survey of India’, the Vice Chancellor of Ranchi University and the Commissioner of Chhota Nagpur Commissionerate was commendable. His other popular books are Colonial Transformation of Tribal Society in Middle India, Famine in India, The People of India, etc.
Sudhendra Narayan Singhdev
He was a famous dancer and dance-director of the Saraikela style of Chhau dance. He contributed significantly in making the Chhau dance globally famous. He was also honoured by the Sangeet Kala Akademi.
P.N. Bose
1He was the geologist of India. On the basis of his research findings, Jamshedji Tata established the iron manufacturing company ‘Tisco’ in Sakchi in 1907. It was he who first discovered the Guru Mahishani Loha Khan of Mayurbhanj.
Balakrishna Sahay
He was writing for Jharkhand’s first weekly ‘Aryavarta’ which was published from Ranchi from 1898 to 1905.
Kedarnath Sahu
He was the world-famous choreographer of Chhau dance. He was awarded ‘Padmashree’.
Nagarmal Modi
He was a famous freedom fighter and social reformer. He was one of the initiators of the Swadeshi Movement in Jharkhand.
Yadugopal Mukherjee
He was a prominent leader of the revolutionary organization ‘Yugantar Samiti’ and a famous freedom fighter. Sharad Chandra had written a novel based on his revolutionary personality and work.
Jagdish Trigunayat
He was a famous writer of Hindi and Mundari language. ‘Bansari Banj Rahi’ and ‘Arunodaya’ are his popular books. Shanti Navrangi, ‘History of Nagpuri Languages Literature’, etc.
Thevale Oraon
These were famous Sarnas tribal leaders and freedom fighters. He established the ‘Unnati Samaj’ in 1915 and ‘Kisan Sabha’ in 1929. He did many things to protect Sarna tribals from becoming Christians.
Ramnarayan Singh
Ramnarayan Singh, who was hailed as Chhota Nagpur Kesari, was a pioneer leader during the Independence movement. He was the first non-tribal leader to submit a memorandum to the President of India for the establishment of the state of Jharkhand in 1954.
Narayanji
He was a famous freedom fighter. To promote and disseminate the creative ideas of Mahatma Gandhi among the tribes, he did important work in the “Primitive Caste Service Board”, editing a letter called ‘Gram Nirman’.
Motilal Kejriwal
He was a famous freedom fighter. During the Non-cooperation movement, he was very active with his wife Mahadevi Kejriwal to fight for the independence of the country. He was also the editor of the magazine ‘Nirman’ and ‘Gandhi Sandesh’.
Prafulla Chandra Patnaik
He was a famous revolutionary leader and litterateur. He organized the Santhal and Pahadia people to carry out an armed revolution against the British government.
Mukutdhari Singh
He was a freedom fighter, journalist and labour leader. He raised the problems of coal workers prominently during the independence movement. During his time, the letter ‘Weekly Yugantar’ was released.
Vinodanand Jha
He was a famous freedom fighter and the first from Jharkhand to become the Chief Minister of Bihar. During the Non-Cooperation Movement, he contributed significantly to the establishment of ‘Hindi Vidyapeeth’ in Deoghar.
Krishna Vallabh Sahay
He was a famous freedom fighter, journalist and second from Jharkhand to become Chief Minister of Bihar. In 1940, he played an important role in organizing the Ramgarh session of Congress. During the independence movement, he was editing a weekly called ‘Chhota Nagpur Sandesh’ from Hazaribagh.
Sister Nirmala
She was an important figure in the state. She became the head of the Missionaries of Charity after the death of Mother Teresa. She was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2009. She died on June 23, 2015.
Saraswati Devi
She was a famous freedom fighter. She got active support from the masses in the eradication of Pardha system, child marriage, etc. She was the first woman from Hazaribagh to go to jail.
Ram Dayal Munda
He was the pioneer leader of the Jharkhand movement, a great educationist, culturalist, icon of socialism. Tribal and regional language department of Ranchi University was his important achievement. Dr. Munda, who elevated Jharkhandi art and culture, was honoured with the Padma Shri and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. The book “Adi Dharma”, composed by Ram Dayal Munda and Ratan Singh Manak, exposes various specialities in tribal beliefs.
Ashok Bhagat
Ashok Bhagat was conferred with Padma Shri. An NGO named Vikas Bharati of Bishunpur block of Gumla district was run by him. He has done important work in the field of water management and the environment. He was running the Bora Dam Scheme for water conservation, which was quite famous in rural areas.
Balbir Dutt
Eminent journalist Balbir Dutt was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab province of undivided India. He was educated in Rawalpindi, Dehradun, Ambala Cantonment and Ranchi. He has established many records in the field of literature and journalism. • He has been awarded the Deshratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad Journalism Shikhar Samman at the national level.
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