His call against British Raj was Abua Raj ste Jana, Maharani Raj tandu Jana translated as Let the Kingdom of queen be ended and our Kingdom be established which is remembered in tribal(vanvasi) areas of Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar Birsa Munda (15th Nov 1875– 9 June1900) was an Indian vanvasi freedom fighter and a folk hero, who belonged to the Munda tribe, and was behind the Millenarian movement that rose in the vanvasi belt of modern day Bihar, and Jharkhand during the British Raj, in the late 19th century, thereby making him an important figure in the history of the Indian independence movement. His portrait hangs in the Central Hall of Indian Parliament, the only vanvasi leader to have been so honored.Birsa Munda is named with great respect as one of the freedom fighters in the Indian struggle for independence against British colonialism. His achievements in the freedom struggle became even greater considering he accomplished this before his 25th year. He was arrested on 3 March 1900 in Jamkopai forest, Chakradharpur while he was sleeping along his vanvasi guerrilla army which was fighting against British forces. About 460 vanvasi people were arrested of which one was given with capital punishment, 39 were awarded for transportation for life and 23 for 14 years jail. Birsa Munda died in Ranchi Jail on 9 June 1900 through cholera.
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