Birsa jail museum

 Context :- 

The state cabinet approved Rs 26.69 crore for the conservation of old Birsa Munda Central Jail building and remodelling it into a museum, deciding to nominate Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development for the job.In the first phase over Rs 9.24 crore would be released that would be spent on conservation works.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of this project during his visit to Jharkhand on September 23.There were three blocks on the jail premises -administrative block on the front, a building housing cells and hospital at the back. Birsa Munda stayed in one of the cells.

Birsa Munda :- 

Birsa Munda's slogan threatening the British Raj—Abua raj seter jana, maharani raj tundu jana ("Let the kingdom of the queen be ended and our kingdom be established")—is remembered today in areas of Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh.

Birsa Munda  was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader, and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe. He spearheaded an Indian tribal religious Millenarian movement that arose in the tribal belt of modern-day Bihar and Jharkhand in the late 19th century, during the British Raj, thereby making him an important figure in the history of the Indian independence movement. His achievements are even more remarkable for having been accomplished before the age of 25. His portrait hangs in the Central Hall of the Indian parliament, the only tribal leader to have been so honored.

By: Shashank Shekhar