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Man known for building path through a mountain in India

Dashrath Manjhi
Dashrath Manjhi on stamp of India
Born	()14 January Gehlaur, Bihar, British India
Died	17 August () (aged&#;73) New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Other&#;names	Mountain Man
Known&#;for	Manually carving a mountain in order to connect Gehlaur and Gaya
Spouse	Falguni Devi

Dashrath Manjhi (14 January – 17 August ), also known as Mountain Man, was an Indian laborer from Gehlaur village, near Gaya in the eastern state of Bihar.

Biography of michael jackson Dashrath Manjhi was born in a Musahar family (Rat-catchers). He was married off in childhood. He ran away from his home in childhood and worked in a coal mine for seven years in Dhanbad.

When his wife died in after being injured from falling from a mountain and due to the same mountain blocking easy access to a nearby hospital in time, he decided to carve a metre-long (&#;ft), metre-wide (30&#;ft), and metre-deep (25&#;ft) path through a ridge of hills using only a hammer and a chisel. After 22 years of work, Dashrath shortened travel between the Atri and Wazirganjblocks of Gaya district from 55&#;km (34&#;mi) to 15&#;km (&#;mi).

He travelled to New Delhi to get recognition of his work and was rewarded by then Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar. In , Indian Post issued a postage stamp featuring Manjhi.

Early life

He ran away from his home at a young age and worked in coal mines at Dhanbad. Later he returned to the village of Gehlaur and married Falguni (or Phaguni) Devi.

Gehlaur was and remains a small village with few resources, and while it lies in a plain it is bordered on the south by a steeply ascending quartzite ridge of Mesoproterozoic (1–&#;billion years) age^[8] (part of the Rajgir hills) that prevented road access from the town of Wazirganj.

Accident and road building

After he returned to Gehlaur, Manjhi became an agricultural labourer. In , Manjhi's wife Falguni Devi was badly injured and died because she fell from the mountain and the nearest town with a doctor was 70&#;km (43&#;mi) away. Some reports say she was injured while walking along a narrow path across the rocky ridge to bring water or lunch to Manjhi, who had to work away from the village at a location south of the ridge; other reports link the path across the ridge to the delayed care but not to Falguni Devi's injuries.

As a result of this experience Manjhi resolved to cut a roadway across the ridge to make his village more accessible.

Manjhi felt that the loss of his beloved wife could have been prevented, also he wished to spare the next person of having to experiencing a similar fate, so he felt determined to carve a path through the ridge, so that his village could one day have easier access to medical care.

He carved a path &#;m (&#;ft) long, &#;m (25&#;ft) deep in places and &#;m (30&#;ft) wide to form a road through the ridge of rocks.

The latitude and longitude are approximately 24°52′37″N85°14′35″E / °N °E / ;

He said, "When I started hammering the hill, people called me a lunatic but that steeled my resolve."

He completed the work in 22 years (–). This path reduced the distance between the Atri and Wazirganj sectors of Gaya district from 55&#;km (34&#;mi) to 15&#;km (&#;mi).

Though he was mocked for his efforts, Manjhi's work has made life easier for people of the Gehlaur village. Later, Manjhi said, "Though most villagers taunted me at first, there were quite a few who lent me support later by giving me food and helping me buy my tools."

Official roads between his village in Atri and Wazirganj, over the path he carved, were only built after his death in ^[12]

Death

Manjhi was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and was admitted to the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on 23 July He died there on 17 August He was given a state funeral by the Government of Bihar.

For his feat, Manjhi became popularly known as the 'Mountain Man'.

The Bihar government also proposed his name for the Padma Shree award in in the social service sector.

A stamp featuring Dashrath Manjhi was released by India Post in the "Personalities of Bihar" series on 26 December

In popular culture

Dashrath Manjhi's story has been the subject of at least one documentary and several dramatic treatments in Indian film and television.

The first of these was a supporting character based on Manjhi in the Kannada-language movie Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga. Manjhi's story also had a minor role in a later Kannada film, 's Olave Mandara directed by Jayatheertha.

In , director Kumud Ranjan working for the state-owned Films Division of India produced a documentary based on Manjhi's life titled The Man Who Moved the Mountain.

In August , a Hindi movie Manjhi – The Mountain Man was released and well received.

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The movie was directed by Ketan Mehta. Nawazuddin Siddiqui played the role of Manjhi along with Radhika Apte as Falguni Devi.

The first episode of Season 2 of the Aamir Khan hosted TV Show Satyamev Jayate, aired in March , was dedicated to Dashrath Khan and Rajesh Ranjan also met Bhagirath Manjhi and Basanti Devi, son and daughter-in-law of Manjhi, and promised to provide financial help.

However, Basanti Devi died due to his inability to afford medical care on 1 April

Gallery

• Link between Ghivra Mauja in Gehlaur Ghati to Atara Prakhand Wazirganj made by Dashrath Manjhi

• Statue of Dashrath Manjhi in front of his memorial at Gehlaur

• Memorial of Dashrath Manjhi

• Dashrath Manjhi entry gate towards Gehlaur Ghati

• Samadhi sthal of Dashrath Manjhi

• Link between Ghivra Mauja in Gehlaur Ghati to Atara Prakhand Wazirganj made by Dashrath Manjhi in 22 years

References

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Dasarath Marjit. Dasarath birth place of Village Jurankandhi, p. s- Nabagram, district Murshidabad, Country India. Born at

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