THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, February 29: Around 25,000 Tana Bhagats in Jharkhand will now get 200 units of free electricity.
The Jharkhand Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Champai Soren, cleared a proposal in this regard.
They primarily reside in Ranchi, Mandar, Budmu, Bedo, Lapung, Lohardaga Kudu, Kisko, Senha, Gumla Ghaghra, Bishanpur, Sisai, Palkot, Chainpur, Dumri, Basia regions of Jharkhand. They belong to the Oraon tribe.
Who are Tana Bhagats?
Tana Bhagat Movement (1914-1920) was a movement in the Chotanagpur area of British India against the policies of the local British authorities and exploitative business practices of local zamindars.
They opposed the taxes imposed on them by the colonial administration, staging a Satyagrah (civil disobedience movement) years before Mahatma Gandhi’s similar movement against British rule. In December 1920, the Tana Bhagat movement got integrated into the Indian nationalist movement and the satyagraha movement, with the Tana Bhagats wholeheartedly supporting the non-cooperation movement and remaining non-violent.
