Jharkhand govt approves 25-foot statue of Birsa Munda

The Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Raghubar Das, approved to construct Birsa Munda's statue and nine other statues of martyrs at nine-foot and approved a total Rs 3.57 crore, an official release said.

The Jharkhand Cabinet Monday approved to construct a 25-foot statue of tribal icon Birsa Munda at the old jail campus named after him here.

The Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Raghubar Das, approved to construct Birsa Munda's statue and nine other statues of martyrs at nine-foot and approved a total Rs 3.57 crore, an official release said.

The movement of Birsa Munda lasted from 1895 to 1900 before his martyrdom took place on June 9, 1900, in this jail.