Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east,Chhattisgarh to the west,Uttar Pradesh to the northwest,Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It is the 15th largest state by area,and the 14th largest by population. Hindi is the official language of the state. The city of Ranchi is its capital and Dumka its sub-capital. The state is known for its waterfalls,hills and holy places;Baidyanath Dham,Parasnath,Dewri and Rajrappa are major religious sites. Jharkhand is primarily rural,with about 24% of its population living in cities as of 2011.
Ranchi is the capital city and second largest city of the Indian state of Jharkhand and also the administrative headquarter of Ranchi district. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement,which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar,northern Odisha,western West Bengal and the eastern area of what is present-day Chhattisgarh. The Jharkhand state was formed on 15 November 2000 by carving out the Bihar divisions of Chota Nagpur and Santhal Parganas. Ranchi is being developed as Smart City because it was selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.
Birsa Munda was an Indian tribal independence activist,and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe. He spearheaded a tribal religious millenarian movement that arose in the Bengal Presidency in the late 19th century,during the British Raj,thereby making him an important figure in the history of the Indian independence movement. The revolt mainly concentrated in the Munda belt of Khunti,Tamar,Sarwada and Bandgaon.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. Shibu Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state of Odisha and parts of neighbouring of states. Its election symbol for Jharkhand is Bow and Arrow.
The Jharkhand Party (JP) is one of the oldest political parties in India. formed on 5 March 1949 by Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda in Ranchi. The party grew out of the demand for a separate Jharkhand state.
All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU PARTY is a state political party of Jharkhand state,India. AJSU PARTY was founded on 22 June 1986,modelled after All Assam Students Union. The founders of AJSU were disillusioned with the previous political parties of Jharkhand and wanted more militant agitations.
Kariya Munda is an Indian politician who served as Deputy Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha. He has been a minister in the Government of India,serving in the governments led by the Janata Party in 1977 and by Bhartiya Janata Party from 1999 onwards.
Jaipal Singh Munda was an Indian politician,writer,and sportsman. He was the member of the Constituent Assembly which debated on the new Constitution of the Indian Union. He captained the Indian field hockey team to clinch gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Khunti district is one of the twenty-four districts in South Chotanagpur division of the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 September 2007. As of 2011,it is the second least populous district of Jharkhand,after Lohardaga. Khunti town is the headquarters of the district. It is historically known as the birthplace of Birsa Munda,and being the centre of activity of the Birsa movement. It is the part of State Capital Region (SCR).
Loknath Mahato was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the state of Jharkhand,India,elected from constituency Barkagaon which is in the Hazaribagh district of the state. He was first elected in 1995. Since then he has been re-elected three times,representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),one of the main national parties of India. He was one of the contenders in the 12 December 2019 Jharkhand state assembly elections from Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2014,Mahto had left BJP to join All Jharkhand Students Union,when denied ticket to contest from Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency. He participated in 2014 Lok Sabha elections and finished at third position.
Hemant Soren is an Indian politician from Jharkhand,who is currently serving as Chief Minister of Jharkhand since 4 July 2024. He also served as the 5th Chief Minister of Jharkhand from 2019 to 2024 and from 2013 to 2014. He is also the working president of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,a political party in Jharkhand. He represents Barhait constituency in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly since 2014 and has represented Dumka twice —from 2019 to 2020,and from 2009 to 2014. He was also the Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand from 2010 to 2013,Leader of the Opposition,Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2019 and member of Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand,from 2009 to 2010.
Raghubar Das is an Indian politician who has served as the 26th governor of Odisha since 2023. Das has previously served as the sixth chief minister of Jharkhand from 2014 to 2019. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party and has twice served as the president of Jharkhand BJP.
Silli Stadium is a stadium in Silli,which is 55 km from Ranchi,Jharkhand. It is mainly used for football matches.
Mahto or Mahato is a surname used by several castes and communities in Nepal and the states of Bihar,Jharkhand,West Bengal,Uttar Pradesh and Odisha in India. Mahato is also a popular surname among Nepalese Zamindari villages of Madhesh Province where it is a title given to the headman of a village ward and their duties were to maintain peace in his area,and collect revenue for the zamindar. In Chotanagpur plateau region of Jharkhand,including in the Oraon tribal society,Mahato was historically a title of the village chief. In Bihar,the surname Mahto is primarily used by people belonging to Kushwaha caste. While in Jharkhand,it is a term most often associated with Koeri and Kurmi caste.
Statue of Ulgulan is a proposed 150 feet tall statue of Birsa Munda,a tribal freedom fighter from the Eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The statue will be built on NH 33 Ranchi-Jamshedpur national highway near Bundu. The announcement of Statue of Ulgulan has been made by the Ex-Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand and AJSU President Shri Sudesh Mahto at the Birsa Jan Panchayat held on 15 November 2016,the birth date of Bhagwan Birsa Birsa Munda at Ulihatu Village,Khunti after the unanimous approval by the Jan Panchayat. Birsa Munda's kin Sukhram Munda has been made the convener of the Statue of Ulgulan committee. The committee will go to every village in the region to apprise people about the statue and collect a stone from every household. The statue is expected to be built by 15 November 2018.
Bisheshwar Prasad Keshari,popularly known as Dr BP Keshari,was an educationist and writer. He was a prominent leader in the movement for a separate state,Jharkhand.
Yogeshwar Mahto is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a member of Bhartiya Janata Party. In 2014,he was elected as a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Bermo constituency,however Yogeshwar Mahto lost in the 2019 Assembly elections. In Bermo,Congress's Rajendra Prasad Singh defeated BJP's Yogeshwar Mahto.
The 5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly was constituted after the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. It is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand.
