Jharkhand Government has launched the Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana
The scheme aims at developing villages of freedom fighters.
The scheme aims at developing villages of freedom fighters.
- The scheme was launched from Ulihatu Village which is the birth place of freedom fighter and Jharkhand's tribal icon, Birsa Munda.
- The programme will provide 136 pucca houses to the dwellers of Ulihatu and a couple of other hamlets around it
Who was Birsa Munda?
- He was a freedom fighter, religious leader, and folk hero
- He belonged to the Munda tribe from Chhotanagpur area
- He is known for leading Munda rebellion towards end of 19th century against British Raj.
- Munda rebellion began in the year 1895 to revolt against British administration interference in tribal politics and their religious matters
- He was a master at Guerilla Warfare techniques.
- The Britishers were able to arrest Birsa Munda on Mar 3, 1900. He was sentenced to death but he died beforehand inside the jail due to cholera.
