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Jharkhand celebrates 17th statehood day- 15 November
November 17 , 2017
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- Jharkhand celebrated its 17th Statehood day (foundation day) on the occasion of the birth anniversary of tribal leader Birsa Munda.
- The state was carved out of Southern Bihar in 2000, after several years of agitation by the tribal people of the region.
- Birsa Munda is a tribal leader in chotanagpur region who fought against the land acquisition by British.
- He started the faith of “Birsait” to challenge the British conversion activities through Christian missionaries.
- He is popularly known as 'Dharti Abba' or the Earth Father, a folk hero inspiring other Adivasis in their struggle for forest rights in modern times.
- He started a movement called 'Ulgulan', or 'The Great Tumult, organising the Adivasis against the land settlement system imposed by the British.
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