The kind of warfare waged by Birsa Munda ________
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Birsa Munda 15 November 1875 – 9 June 1900) was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader, and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe. He spearheaded a tribal religious millenarian movement that arose in the Bengal Presidency (now Jharkhand) in the late 19th century, during the British Raj, thereby making him an important figure in the history of the Indian independence movement.[4] The revolt mainly concentrated in the Munda belt of Khunti, Tamar, Sarwada and Bandgaon.[5]
Birsa Munda
Birsa Munda, photograph in Roy (1912-72).JPG
Photograph from S. C. Roy's The Mundas and their Country[1]
Born
15 November 1875
Ulihatu, Bengal Presidency, British India
(present-day Khunti district, Jharkhand)
Died
9 June 1900 (aged 24)
Ranchi Jail, Ranchi, Bengal Presidency, British India[2][3]
Nationality
Indian
Movement
Indian independence movement
Parents
Sugna Munda (father)
Karmi Hatu Munda (mother)
His portrait hangs in the Indian Parliament Museum;[6] he is the only tribal leader to have been so honored.[7]
