- Dashrath Manjhi
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Dashrath Manjhi was born in 1934 into a poor labourer family in Gahlour village near Gaya in Bihar.[1] Dashrath Manjhi was also known as Mountain Man.[2]
Dashrath Manjhi's claim to fame has been the herculean task of single-handedly carving a 360-foot-long (110 m), 25-foot-high (7.6 m) and 30-foot-wide (9.1 m) road by cutting a mountain of Gehlour hills[3] with a hammer, chisel and nails working day and night for 22 years from 1960 to 1982.[4] This passage reduced the distance between Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya district from 75 km to just ten km, bringing him international acclaim.[5] He died on August 18, 2007 at the age of 80 years. He was given a state burial by the Government of Bihar.[6]
In popular culture
In July 2010, director Manish Jha announced a film, Manjhi, based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi, the film is produced by Sanjay Singh, who previously produced Udaan (2010) and Manoj Bajpai is slated to play the lead.[7][8]
References
- ^ http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19970524/14450813.html
- ^ http://theviewspaper.net/the-mountain-man/
- ^ The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2225477.cms.
- ^ http://www.tehelka.com/story_main33.asp?filename=Cr010907The_Man.asp
- ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=d3f4e44a-8491-4e1c-801d-3a047ad8c3a5&&Headline=Mountain+man+Dashrath+Manjhi+dies+in+Delhi Dashrath Manjhi's work
- ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1116306
- ^ "Bajpai to play mountain man". Deccan Chronicle. July 21st, 2010. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bajpai-play-mountain-man-932.
- ^ "One film at a time: Sanjay Singh". The Times of India. Jul 19, 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/One-film-at-a-time-Sanjay-Singh/articleshow/6183507.cms.
Categories:- People from Bihar
- 2007 deaths
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