- Vijay Manohar Tiwari said in program on tribal pride day
Bhopal, On the eve of ‘Birsa Munda Jayanti’, a lecture by Shri Vijay Manohar Tiwari, former Information Commissioner M.P was organized on the topic of contribution of tribal community at NITTTR Bhopal. In his lecture, Shri Tiwari threw light on the work and personality of Shri Birsa Munda and said that Birsa Munda was a great tribal leader and social reformer. Birsa Munda made many contributions to his community in his short life of 25 years. His contributions include the fight for tribal rights, opposition to religious conversion, education and literacy, protection of women’s rights and opposition to child marriage, participated in the Indian independence movement and fought for political rights for his community, opposed the conversion of tribal by Christian missionaries and protected the cultural and religious traditions of his community.
Birsa Munda was born in 1872 in Ranchi district of Jharkhand and died in 1901, but his contribution is still a source of inspiration for the tribal community. Today, if you are asked to make a list of freedom fighters, you might not be able to make list of more than 10-20 people, whereas millions of people have been martyred in this movement. He also highlighted the contribution of Swadhyay family influenced by Birsa Munda that today lakhs of people gather on their one call.
Director Prof. C.C. Tripathi said that how amazing his personality must be that at an age when the youth are not able to understand life and the world properly, he united the country and society and included them in the movement. It is important for everyone to know about the inspiring personality of Birsa Munda and his works. Today’s young generation should also know about those martyrs associated with the freedom movement who may not be seen in the pages of history. Our history has been very rich and glorious, we should recognize it and be proud of it.
At the closing of the program Prof. P.K. Purohit said that society should remain connected to its roots otherwise it will be nowhere.
The Director of the Institute has decided to make a documentary film on the life of great hero Birsa Munda which will be sent for screening in institutions across the country. The coordinator of the program was Dr. Ravi Gupta and it was conducted by Mrs. Rachna Gupta. In the program, officers/employees of the tribal society were honoured for their work in the Institute.
