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EVENTS |
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1765
: Successful
military mobilization to bring Santhal
Pargana under British rule. |
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1772-80
: Paharia
revolt. |
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1780-85
: Tilka
Manjhi led the tribal revolt and
managed to injure British army Chief. |
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1785
: Tilka
Manjhi hanged to death in Bhagalpur. |
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1795-1800
:Tamar
revolt. |
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1795-1800
: Munda
revolt under the leadership of Vishnu
Manaki. |
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1798
: Chaur
revolt in Birbhum Bankura. |
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1798-99
: Bhoomji
revolt of Manbhoom. |
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1800-02
: Munda
revolt under the stewardship of Dukhan
Manaki of Tamar. |
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1819-20
: Munda
revolt in Palamau under the leadership
of Bhukan Singh. |
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1832-33
: Khewar
revolt under the leadership of
Bhagirath, Dubai Gosai and Patel
Singh. |
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1833-34
: Bhumji
revolt under the leadership of Ganga
Narain of Birbhum. |
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1855
: Santhals
waged war against the permanent
settlement of Lord Cornwallis. |
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1855-60
: During
late 1850's Sidhu had accumulated
about ten thousands Santhals to run
parallel govt. against British rule.
The basic purpose was to collect taxes
by making his own laws. British Govt.
had announced an award of Rs. ten
thousands to arrest Sidhu and his
brother Kanhu. This movement remained
very active in Kahalgaon and Raniganj. |
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1856
: Police
brigade constituted. |
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1856-57
: Martyr
Sahid Lal, Vishwanath Shahdeo. Sheikh
Bhikhari, Ganpatrai and Budhu Veer led
a movement against the British Govt.
in the sepoy mutiny. |
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1874-99
: The
period is famous for Birsa Movement. |
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1874
: Kherwar
movement shot into fame under the
leadership of Bhagirathi manjhi. |
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1881
: Kherwar
movement started. |
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1895-1900
: Launching
of ULGLAN under the leadership of
Birsa. |
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1912
: Bihar
bifurcated from Bengal and some parts
of Chotanagpur merged into Bengal. |
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1913
: Constitution
of Chotanagpur Unati Samaj. |
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1914
: Tana
Bhagat movement started which had the
participation of more than 26000
tribals. |
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1915
: Publication
of Adivasi titled magazine started. |
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1929
: Simon
commission presented with a memorandum
which demanded the formation of
separate Jharkhand State. |
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1936
: Orissa
was created as a separate state. |
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1947
: On
Dec. 28 All India Jharkhand Party came
into inception. |
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1951
: Jharkhand
party was elected to Vidhan Sabha as a
main opposition party. |
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1969
: Shibu
Soren founded the Sonat Santhal Samaj. |
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1971
: A.K.Roy
founded the Marxist M.C.C. to demand
the separate Jharkhand State. |
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1973
: N.E.Horo
named his party as Jharkhand Party and
on March 12th he presented the then
Prime Minister a memorandum for
separate Jharkhand State. |
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1977
: Jharkhand
party proposed for separate Jharkhand
State which included not only
Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana of
Bihar but adjoining area of Bengal. |
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1978
: The
convention of All India Jharkhand
Party was held on May 21. |
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1978
: June
9 came to be co-memorated as Birsa Day. |
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1980
: Establishment
of Jharkhand Kranti Dal. |
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1986
: September
25, All Jharkhand Students Union gave
its first call for Jharkhand bandh. |
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1987
: Call
for boycott of Independence day. The
Home Minister of India directed the
bihar government to prepare a report
on detailed profile of all districts
of Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana. |
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1989
: 72
hours of economic blockade by AJSU was
total success. |
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1989
: 6
days of economic. |
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1994
: On
Jan 6 Laloo Prasad Yadav declared in
Ranchi that Jharkhand Development Autonomous
Council bill will be passed
in budget session. |
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1995
: Jharkhand
Area Autonomous Council was formed
which comprised 0f 18 districts of
Santhal Pargana and Chotanagpur and
Shibu Soren was nominated as the
Chairman. |
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1997
: June,
Bihar government sanctioned 24 crores
for conducting the elections of
Jharkhand Area Autonomous Council. |
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1997
: July,
Shibu Soren offered support to
minority government of Laloo Prasad
Yadav with a condition of a separate
Jharkhand bill in the Assembly. |
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2000
: 2 Aug.,
The bill to create a separate state of Jharkhand to be carved out of
Bihar was passed in Lok Sabha by voice with two key allies of ruling NDA strongly opposing the measure and the opposition Rashtriya Janta Dal and the CPI - M demanding it to be referred to a
Parliamentary Committee. The long cherished demand of people of the region was fulfilled, the celebration
was on through out the Jharkhand region. |
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2000
: 11 Aug.,
Parliament today approved the formation of Jharkhand when the Rajya Sabha passed by voice - vote the Bihar reorganisation bill 2000 to carve out the new state out of
Bihar. |
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2000
: 25 Aug.,
President Mr.
K.R. Narayanan approved the Bihar reorganisation bill 2000.
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2000
: 12 Oct.,
The center issued the gazette notification starting November 15 to be the appointed date for the formation of new Jharkhand Government.
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2000
: 15 Nov.,
Jharkhand comes into existence as 28th
state of the Union with Prabhat Kumar
as Governor and Babulal Marandi as
Chief Minister. |
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IMPORTANT
FACTS |
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2000:
15 Nov., Foundation Day of
Jharkhand. |
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1875:
15 Nov., Birth Day of Birsa Munda,
(Birth Place - Ulihatu, Ranchi) |
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1900:
9 June., Death of Birsa Munda
in Ranchi Jail (due to cholera
according to British Govt.). |
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Lok
Sabha members from Jharkhand: 14. |
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Strength
of Jharkhand Assembly:
82 (81 elected, 1 nominated). |
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Total
Area: 79714 sq km |
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No.
of divisions:4 |
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No.
of districts:24 |
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No.
of sub-divisions:
35 |
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No.
of Blocks: 212 |
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Main
Languages: Santhali, Ho, Mundari,
Kuduk, Nagpuri, Sadri, Karmali, Hindi,
Urdu, Bangla and Oriya |
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Population
: 32,966,238 (2011) |
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Sex
Ratio
: 941 |
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Literacy
: 67.63% (Women 56.21%, Men, 78.45%) |
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Most
Sacred Tree
: Sal |
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State
Animal
: Elephant |
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State
Bird
: Cuckoo |
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Longest
National Highway in Jharkhand
: NH-33 (Bahragora to Barhi) |
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National
Highway in Jharkhand
: 1006 km |
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State
Highway
:4662 km |
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Main
Tribals
: Santhal, Oraon, Ho, Munda, Kharia,
Kharwar etc. |
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Main
Rivers
: North Koel, South Koel, Damodar,
Swarnrekha, Barakar, Sankh, More etc. |
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Main Water Falls:
Dassam Falls, Hirni Falls, Hundru Falls,
Jonha Falls, Panchghagh, Rajjrappa, Usri
Falls |
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Universities
: Ranchi University, Vinoba Bhave
University, Sidhu Kanhu University,
Birsa Agriculture University, Nilamber
Pitamber University, Kolhan University
Central University Of Jharkhand. |
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Medical
Colleges
: Rajendra Institute of Medical
Sciences (Ranchi),
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College
(Jamshedpur)
Patliputra Medical College, (Dhanbad). |
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Engineering College
: BIT (Sindri), BIT (MESRA), NIT (Jamshedpur) |
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Management College
: Indian Institute Of Management (Ranchi),
BIT (MESRA), BIT Extension Center (Ranchi),
XISS Ranchi, XLRI Jamshedpur, ISM
Dhanbad,
NILAI (Ranchi), USHA MARTIN Academy (Ranchi) |
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Main
Festivals
: Karma, Sarhul, Tusu, Holi, Diwali,
Durga Puja, Chhath,
Ram Navami, Sohrai, Rath Yatra (Jagannathpur,
Ranchi)
etc. |
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Main
Fairs
: Shrawani Mela, Deoghar, Murmu Mela,
Rath Yatra, Jagannathpur. |
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Main
Dances
: Jhumar, Paika, Natua, Agni, Chau,
Santhal, Ghatwari, Matha, Sohrai. |
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Main
Power Plants
: Damodar Valley Corporation,
Swarnrekha Hydel Plant, Patratu
Thermal, Bokaro Thermal and
Chandrapura Thermal. |
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Main
Minerals
: Iron Ore, Aluminium, Coal, Magnese,
Uranium, Tin, Mica, Bauxite. |
