PM Modi inaugurates Birsa Munda museum in Ranchi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Birsa Munda museum in Jharkhand's Ranchi. He also paid tribute to the freedom fighter on his birth anniversary.

PM Modi said Munda always struggled to protect the rights of tribes and to give impetus to the fight for independence. His contribution to the country will always be memorable, Modi said in a tweet.

The government has announced that Munda's birth anniversary will be celebrated as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas.

"I have spent a large part of my life with tribal



brothers and sisters and children. I have been a witness to their joys and sorrows, daily lives, and the necessities of their lives. So, today is also an emotional day for me personally," said PM Narendra Modi on Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas.

PM Narendra Modi also inaugurated the Bhagwaan Birsa Munda Museum in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Born in the tribal belt of the undivided Bihar in 1875, he rallied tribals against the British colonial rule and conversion activities and died in 1900 in Ranchi jail.