Tribal Welfare Dept to be changed to Tribal Affairs Dept: Shivraj Singh Chauhan

In Madhya Pradesh, the name of the Tribal Welfare Department will be changed to Tribal Affairs Department. This was announced by the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan at a program organized on the birth anniversary of martyr Birsa Munda at the Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum in the capital Bhopal yesterday. 

In a program organized on the birth anniversary of martyr Birsa Munda at the Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum in the capital Bhopal yesterday, the Chief Minister said that it is not proper to give primitive caste address to the tribes. He said that now every year the birth



anniversary of Birsamunda will be celebrated as Tribe Pride Day.

 

In the programme, Ranbankure, a short film based on self-esteem of tribal genitals and released a folder. Significantly, Birsamunda fought with the British for the protection of the rights of the tribes. The work area of Birsa Munda is now Chhotanagpur plateau, Jharkhand and Madhya Bharat is now Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Birsa Munda's birthday is celebrated every year on 15 November in Madhya Pradesh to commemorate his contribution in the freedom struggle.