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The Parasnath controversy revolves around the religious and cultural significance of Parasnath Hill, also known as Sammed Shikharji, which is revered by both the Jain and Santhal communities. The Jains consider it a sacred pilgrimage site where 20 out of 24 Tirthankaras attained salvation.  The Santhals, on the other hand, regard the hill as their supreme deity, Marang Buru. This dual significance has led to conflicts, particularly regarding the hill's development as a tourist spot and the traditional hunting practices of the Santhals. 

This charismatic warrior was born on 17 February 1792 at Silagain village of present-day Jharkhand. Born in the family of farmer Budhu Bhagat from his early childhood days hated the British and their authority over his territories. He had a deep interest in fencing along with archery. He always had wanted to involve himself in an armed struggle against the British regime. Later when the British along with the local zamindars started exploiting the lives of tribal people Veer Budhu Bhagat decided to exhibit an armed insurrection against the invaders. He was also a great horse rider and due to his skills in the art of war and weaponry, the village people often considered him as a divine entity.  

Tana Bhagat Movement (1914-1920) was a movement in Chhotanagpur area of British India against the policies of the local British authorities and exploitative business practices of local zamindars, mostly by Oraon people. Tana Bhagat movement was started in April 1914 and end in 1919. It was a tribal movement started by Jatra Bhagat and Turia Bhagat in Chota Nagpur Plateau now in Jharkhand state. It is also known as Oraon Tana Bhagat Movement.

On November 11, the Jharkhand State Assembly, in a special session sent a resolution to the Union government asking for a separate religion code for the tribal population in the upcoming Census 2021 exercise. The resolution named it ‘Sarna Adivasi Dharam’. Followers of ‘Sarna’ are usually nature worshippers. They have been demanding recognition of it as a distinct religion for decades. At present, under the census, there are codes for only six religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism. While filling in these columns, a tribal resident has to identify himself or herself as one of these or as ‘others’, but cannot specify his / her religion as a different one.

The tribal population of the country was greatly affected by the oppressive  colonial forest laws and settlement operations meant for surveys and census by the British anthropologists, cartographers etc. This led to a string of movements which were affected by one cause or the other. Bhagirath Manjhi, a resident of the Taradih village of the Godda district of Jharkhand was leader of one such movement.

Get to know about some Rebellion duos who led the revolt against the East India Company and fought for people's land and rights. *Gems covered in this podcast: Sindrai and Bindrai (Manki Brothers) Singee and Kaili Dai Nilamber and Pitamber Diva and Kishun Soren Sido and Kanhu Murmu Phulo and Jhano Murmu

"Nachi se banchi!" was Ram Dayal Munda's personal slogan: "Dance to survive!" The most distinguished and erudite Indian Adivasi, or aboriginal inhabitant, of modern times, a proud son of the indigenous Munda tribe that for centuries dominated large tracts of central India and put up fierce resistance to British rule, Ram Dayal Munda never forgot where he came from: tribal dance and music remained his first love, and no one who saw the way he and his tribal dance troupe took over Mumbai's World Social Forum in 2004 with their flutes and drums is likely to forget it.

Phulo and Jhano belonged to the Murmu clan of the Santhal tribe in Eastern India, today’s Jharkhand. They were no less revolutionaries than their men counterparts. Their brothers, Sido, Kanhu, Chand and Bhairav were said to have spearheaded the famous 1855 Santhal uprising. It was an uprising against the British inroads into their life especially by encouraging freewheeler businessmen and exploiting moneylenders.

Two great warriors who fought against the un-acceptable violence done by British rulers and native Kings of the Singhbhum district (Jharkhand)...and raise their voice as “Diva-Kisun Revolt”

Jaipal Singh Munda was anything but a simple ‘forest dweller’; he was an exceptional man with an extraordinary career. Born a tribal in what is now Jharkhand, he was an Oxford graduate, he qualified as an ICS officer, he was captain of India’s hockey team that won gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, he was a teacher in Ghana, a minister in Bikaner, and a representative of India’s tribal population in the Constituent Assembly. It is he who first established the Adivasi Mahasabha in 1938 to fight for a tribal homeland called ‘Jharkhand’.

Lance Naik ‘Albert Ekka’, PVC(awarded Param Vir Chakra) was a soldier in the Indian Army. He was martyred in action in the Battle of Hilli, during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for valour in the face of the enemy

Listen the story of Bhagwan Birsa Munda in Hindi.  He is also known as the "Gandhi before Gandhi". He was the one of the unsung heroes of Indian history 

This is the biography of 'The first Indian freedom fighter' - Tilka Manjhi. Even before Mangal Pandey...He fought again British Government and also gathered people to raise a movement called 'Tilka Andolan'. He is one of unsung hero of Indian History that couldn't get popularity due to religious margination.

Listen the story of two rebel brothers who who fought against British government for our motherland India. And they showed "It's not hard to do , if we can think of it".

This is the biography of the great teacher (pt. Raghunath Murmu) aka Guru Gomke. He was the inventor of Santhali script "Ol' Chiki"