February 11, 2022 8:54 AM

Nation remembers revolutionary freedom fighter, tribal leader Tilka Manjhi on his 272nd birth anniversary

<span style="color: #222222;">The Nation is remembering revolutionary freedom fighter and tribal leader Tilka Manjhi on his 272nd birth anniversary today. He organized Adivasis into an army and led the famous Santhal Hool in 1784 against the exploitative British.<br />''<br />''In 1770, there was a severe famine in the Santhal region and people were dying of hunger. Tilka Manjhi looted the treasury of the Company and distributed it among the poor and needy.<br /&gt...

February 11, 2022 8:54 AM

Nation remembers revolutionary freedom fighter, tribal leader Tilka Manjhi on his 272nd birth anniversary

<span style="color: #222222;">The Nation is remembering revolutionary freedom fighter and tribal leader Tilka Manjhi on his 272nd birth anniversary today. He organized Adivasis into an army and led the famous Santhal Hool in 1784 against the exploitative British.<br />''<br />''In 1770, there was a severe famine in the Santhal region and people were dying of hunger. Tilka Manjhi looted the treasury of the Company and distributed it among the poor and needy.<br /&gt...