The Birsa Munda birth memorial in Ulihatu village, in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, is centred around a small shrine, situated in a compound the size of two basketball courts. Inside the shrine are a ...

Birsa’s 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 image of an idol has been shared extensively on social media since the night of September 19 in which Birsa Munda—Dharti Aaba (the lord of the Earth), as he is addressed reverently among ...

Two members seriously opposed this – B H Khardekar, the newly-elected member from Kolhapur, and Jaipal Singh Munda. While Khardekar made the well-known arguments against prohibition (revenue, social ...

In the tribal belt of Udaipur, Banswara, and Dungarpur in the southernmost tip of Rajasthan, small signboards dot the dusty highways which lead into settlements of the Bhil Adivasi people. The ...

India has a long history of tribal writing. However, in general, Indian language literature has not treated Adivasi writers with the respect they deserve Tribal women of Birbhum preparing for a ...

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday condemned the Modi government's approach to Adivasi rights, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, a prominent tribal leader and advocate ...

A historic site in Ranchi, Adivasi Maidan, witnessed the start of the Jharkhand statehood movement in 1939. Tribal leader Jaipal Singh Munda addressed a large gathering here, urging unity for tribal ...

Odisha finds itself at a remarkable point in its political journey. For the first time, a slew of Adivasi leaders from the state have occupied commanding positions in state and national politics, ...

Visakhapatnam: The 149th birth anniversary celebrations of Adivasi freedom fighter Birsa Munda to be held at Paderu in ASR district on November 14 and November 15, will be a national event, said ...

The magisterial story of the India’s Constitution has many chapters, only some had the chance to revel in history’s limelight, the rest have remained in the shadows waiting to be rediscovered and ...

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticizes the Modi government for undermining Adivasi rights on Birsa Munda's birth anniversary. He argues that the government's new scheme, DAJGUA, weakens the Forest ...