Birsa Munda

Birsa Munda was a revolutionary, a prominetn leader, a tribal star and a personal who's requirement in contemporary era seemed definite due to the conditions of his areas becoming vulnerable in hands of tenure of certain people. Belonging to the local Munda tribe, his social stature provided him a divine prominence to give heroship and to take leadership into his hands, thus he provided his community the fuel to balance, systematise and settle core concensus that was key practical eminence in need for his contemporary society. What he is known for is the ferocious fighting skill, able leadership to deal his tribe rivals, and prominence in his community routines while understanding them well that brought a unique cultural authority in him during his time of age at first. In his early youth in it's most primary stage, he recognised that his area is facing an agrarian crisis not only for the sake of land right but also in context of the land owners who have become dynamic forces and have been attacking the lower order in his certain areas and hence a revolutionary awoke in his mind. People known as Jagirdars or Thikadars were the probable powers who enforced certain restrictive duties to the lower people in the areas Birsa has grown up and he found that to be a cause to fight in later stage convincing people that he can produce them the ownership of land right and cultivation prosperity. Besides to convince the village areas, Birsa proclaimed of having a divine image in his probable conscious mind when he was 25 and from there on his legacy to form rebellion against powerful groups began in which he was able to strike out to the land powers and tried to gain prominence in history by trying to fight a battle for the village people in hope to present them their right of land and living. As far his rebellion process is concerned, Birsa with his band of followers launched an 'Ungulan' or a rebellion with a brutal force in 1899 against the local land owners and those from the British rule who backed them financially to aid in harrasing the local lower order and thence Birsa proclaimed to strike them from life in order to gain self-prosperity. Further in the span of 2 years of the rebellion, he was able to collect generous amount of village forces and this Birsa tried through travelling to local village area which he knew well and hence using the teritorial area to his assent in the rising force he organised the whole band to strike the ruling land elites in his own areas. Yet this process of 'ungulan' didn't last long but had a very prominent message to the villagers that they should go any length to strike the powerful financial groups and Birsa made sure in the whole span of the rebellion in it's two years that people who were in key positions to strike the upper orders must do it with 'blood' and slaughter, thus his famous verdict of striking their life as 'red of blood' is well known amongst the locals and the historians being key eminence of such a rebellion. However this rebellion as a tribal force didn't last long and just at the end of 1900 Birsa was caught and put to the Ranchi jail where he eventually also died but what he did before the end of the rebellion that even in the failing prospect he left his own marks as a prominent leader and a cultural personality becoming a great for his own value to such a tribal culture. The failure of the rebellion was due to the fact that the people who were fighting on Birsa's side were not equipped with well-accomplished striking weapons like in other tribal groups, their leadership was not constructed apart from Birsa, the variety was not available in crunching the right fortification, And thence the upper land elites specially the Thikadars took their oppurtunities and made sure the failing of the rebellion for their own economic and social cause. Yet Birsa who was caught, sent to prison and died there had his own name for himself till the rebellion came to the end and many do debate as historians whether it was for personal pride or for the contemporary culture- One thing is sure that Birsa Munda for Munda tribe was a legend, a hero to remember and a grand personal in history of Indian culture thus his contributions must not be forgotten altogether. True to his nobility against the colonial culture, after the Independence he was rewarded in many ways and one such huge achievement is the portrait of his being the only tribal leader to be is situated in Indian Parliament office which shows how much his legacy had inspired such prominent leaders as well. Another great example to honour him is the name of the Ranchi Airport being named after him and in Jharkhand Birsa Munda is spoken with great pride, a cause to vallour, and his sacrifices are well remembered amongst the tribes who give him respect for the past where he fought with brave essence for contemporary Indian culture in it's prospered system. The only thing requires in present that we should also respect the tribes who belong to such greats, help them for their better lifestyle without interfearing with their forest rights, And we do require one more birsa Munda but not for rebellion and for the prosperity of land that has such vast cultural legacy and inspire- And if we are able to implement such thoughts rightly, Birsa Munda like cultural heroes shall stay with us forever...