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 ...

Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh Adivasi Joint Action Committee has warned that if former MP Kothapalli Geetha is given the Araku Lok Sabha ticket in the upcoming elections, the committee will work ...

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 ...

The Andhra Pradesh Adivasi Joint Action Committee (JAC) has objected to the candidature of Kothapalli Geetha as the BJP candidate for the Araku Parliamentary constituency (ST), alleging that she does ...

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 ...

VISAKHAPATNAM: BJP nominating Pangi Raja Rao as its candidate from Araku assembly constituency has further angered Adivasis in ASR district. They had already been upset when the ruling party at the ...

Although the role of Birsa Munda has been seminal in championing the Adivasi cause, his political movements and legacy have been distorted, like other prominent Indian historical figures, including B ...

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 ...

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 ...