On the occasion of Tribal Pride Day, a stall was set up in the Birsa College campus courtesy the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. In which there were about 50 stalls of different products. Live demos of various products were displayed in eight stalls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspected all the stalls. During this, he also talked to the farmers doing pearl farming and turmeric farming in Kuchai. He took information about pearl farming. During this time, the farmers in the stall took out the pearls from the ship and told them the entire process. He took information about the cultivation process and other information in the turmeric cultivation stall. In the exhibition, TRIFED, NILETS, JSLPS, Life Demo, Bronze Vessel of Jariagarh, Pearl Farming, Turmeric Cultivation in Kuchai, Handloom, Handicrafts and various bamboo products, Lacquer Bangles, Palash Mart products, Silver Jewelery Stalls were set up. Apart from this, stalls related to Skill Cell, Ayushman Bharat, NCD were set up by the Health Department. During the inspection, Prime Minister Modi also played drums. During this time, Union Tribal Minister Arjun Munda was also with him.
PM compared Birsa Munda Museum to Andaman’s Cellular Jail
Prime Minister Narendra Modi compared the Birsa Munda Museum to the three-storey cellular jail of Andaman. Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda, who was accompanying him, introduced the PM to the history of Birsa Munda Jail. He told that it was constructed in 1899 after the court was shifted from Lohardaga to Ranchi, at that time its capacity was 585 prisoners. When Birsa Munda was imprisoned and brought here, 61 prisoners were imprisoned with him. There were also 19 women prisoners in it.
Know the movements of immortal martyrs of Jharkhand
The Prime Minister introduced 13 tribal fighters like Shaheed Sido-Kanhu, Nilambar-Pitamber, Diva Kishun, Poto Ho, Gaya Munda, Telanga Khadiya, Jatra Tana Bhagat, Veer Budhu Bhagat in the park located at the back of the jail complex. The PM went very close to them one by one and had darshan of them. Union Minister Arjun Munda and Chief Minister Hemant Soren were going in front of each statue and briefly giving some information to the Prime Minister about how they all fought a wonderful fight against the British rule. TRI Director Ranendra Kumar gave a brief introduction about the Santhal-Hul movements and how the British were not invincible during that period.
Prime Minister advised Hemant Soren to develop the art gallery in a new way
PM Also saw the Birsa Munda Art Gallery built in the jail premises, where information related to the life of Birsa Munda was shown through pictorial stories on the walls. During this time he was very calm. He stopped after seeing the picture of Father Hoffman, then Arjun Munda told about his contribution on Mundari language and his role in drafting tribal laws and acts. He advised Chief Minister Hemant Soren to popularize the role of theater by making a drama adaptation of it and by extracting the personalities of martyrs from books and making them popular.