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Birsa Munda’s birthplace gets new roads, schools, but for most tribal villages in Jharkhand the wait continues
(Express Photo/Abhishek Angad) The birthplace of Adivasi icon Birsa Munda, Ulihatu – a village ... turncoat BJP candidate from the tribal Ho community, who had won last time on a Congress ...
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Jharkhand’s Adivasis, beyond poll maths. A long struggle for land & identity, a ‘disappearing’ people
Madra Munda, meanwhile, was informed that there was a baby lying unattended near the Andheria pond with a snake hovering over him. Unaware the baby was his daughter’s, Munda adopted the boy.
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Why activists oppose Jharkhand’s draft rules for panchayats in Adivasi areas
Nearly three decades after Parliament enacted a law to empower gram sabhas in Adivasi areas ... pargana system of the Santals and the manki munda system of the Mundas, also differ from panchayats ...