THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, Nov 27: Caretaker Chief Minister Hemant Soren along with wife Kalpana Soren today rushed to his native village Nemra ahead of taking the oath, and garlanded grandfather Sobaran Soren on his martyrdom day.
Speaking on this occasion, Soren said that every year, we all gather and remember and pay tribute to martyr Sobaran Soren ji on his martyrdom day. “His sacrifice can never be forgotten.
Notably, Sobaran Soren’s martyrdom holds special significance for Hemant Soren, his family and Jharkhand’s cultural heritage.
Soren said that the swearing-in ceremony at Morhabadi Ground in Ranchi on November 28 will be historic.
Who was Sobaran Soren?
Sobaran Soren was assassinated by moneylenders in Lukaiyatand forest, nearly 16km away from Gola block headquarters under the then-divided Hazaribag district, on November 27, 1957.
He was on his way to Gola from his house in Nemra village to meet his two sons — Rajaram Soren and Shibu Soren — living in a school hostel in Gola then.
Sobaran Soren was a government school teacher and a social worker who started tribal awareness campaigns against moneylenders in the locality. At that time, the moneylenders would exploit the Santhal tribals and forcibly loot paddy from their fields. Sobaran was killed when the exploitations were at their peak.
Shibu Soren was a 15-year-old school student when his father was killed and he took an oath to protect tribes against atrocities and exploitations. He had launched the ‘Dhaan Kaato’ (Reap paddy) agitation as most of the tribals’ paddy fields were forcibly occupied by the moneylenders.
