New Delhi. Government has declared that the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda will be celebrated as Janjati Gaurav Diwas. To mark the occasion, Prime Minister inaugurated Bhagwan Birsa Munda Memorial Udyan cum Freedom Fighter Museum (भगवान बिरसा मुंडा स्मृति उद्यान सह स्वतंत्रता सेनानी संग्रहालय) at Ranchi via video conferencing. Governor and Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Union Ministers were among those present on the occasion. He said “this museum will become a living venue of our tribal culture full of diversity, depicting the contribution of tribal heroes and heroines in the freedom struggle.”
Prime Minister said – in this Amrit Kaal of independence, the country has decided that the country will give a more meaningful and more grand identity to the tribal traditions of India and its valour stories. “For this, a historic decision has been taken that every year the country will celebrate 15th November i.e. the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda as ‘Janjati Gaurav Diwas’”.
The Prime Minister also paid tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, due to whose strong will the state of Jharkhand came into existence. “It was Atal ji who was the first to form a separate tribal ministry in the government of the country and linked the tribal interests with the policies of the country”.
Bhagwan Birsa knew that tempering with diversity, ancient identity and nature in the name of modernity is not the way for welfare of the society. At the same time he was a supporter of modern education and had the courage to speak against the ills and inadequacies of his own society. He remarked that “Bhagwan Birsa lived for the society, sacrificed his life for his culture and his country. Therefore, he is still present in our faith, in our spirit as our God.” ‘Dharti Aaba did not stay on this earth for very long. But he wrote an entire history for the country in that short span of life and gave direction to the generations of India’.
