The icons Madhya Pradesh is honouring
- November 25, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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The icons Madhya Pradesh is honouring
Subject – History
Context – From renaming two railway stations and a university after tribal icons, to setting up memorials and museums highlighting the participation of tribal leaders in freedom struggle, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh is leaving no stone unturned to woo the 1.53 crore tribal population of the state.
Concept –
- Madhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population of the country, with 46 recognised scheduled tribes, of which three are Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) spread across the 52 districts in the state.
- The Bhil community comprises nearly 40 per cent of the total tribal population followed by the Gond tribe that constitute another 34 per cent.
Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah
- Shankar Shah (70), son of Sumer Shah, was the last ruler of Garha Kingdom under Gond rule.
- Maharaja Shankar Shah Maravi was the king of Garha Kingdom, which was situated in the Indian region of Gondwana.
- He led an uprising against the British colonial occupiers of India, and was put to death along with his son.
- His son’s name was KunwarRaghunath Shah.
- King Shankar Shah and his son Raghunath Shah, both were good poets so they used their poetry to trigger a rebellion against the British in the state.
Tantya Bhil
- He was a dacoit (bandit) active in India between 1878 and 1889.
- He is described very negatively as a criminal in period British accounts, but is recognized by Indians as a heroic figure. Accounts of both eras have described him as an Indian “Robin Hood”.
- He was known as Indian Robinhood as he used to loot British government treasuries and distribute the wealth among the poor and needy.
- Tantia was a member of the Bhil tribe, of the indigenous Adivasi community.
- He worked to realise Bhils’ dream of a socialist society and was fired with the passion to free India from the clutches of the British.
BhimaNayak
- BhimaNayak or BheemaNayak (death 29 December 1876) was an Indian revolutionary.
- He fought against the British in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- When Bhima was convicted by the British government, he was kept in Port Blair and Nicobar.
- He was also known as Nimad’s Robin Hood.
- A government scheme, “Shaheed BhimaNayakPariyojna” in Madhya Pradesh is named after him.
Raja Hirde Shah
- Raja Hridey Shah Lodhi ruled the northern region of the present-day Narsinghpur and played a crucial role during the revolt against the Britishers in 1842.
Raja Sangram Shah
- Sangram Shah was a king of the Garha Kingdom of Gondwana, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Sangram Shah, who belonged to the Gond Dynasty in central India, was the 48th ruler of the dynasty, and during his reign he had conquered 52 forts to strengthen his kingdom.
- The Chouragarh Fort in Narsinghpur was built in his honour for conquering 52 forts.
- His eldest son Dalpat Shah was married to Rani Durgavati who is said to have died while fighting the Mughals.
- Sangram Shah was a great patron of art. He wrote Rasratnamala and also had a vast knowledge of Sanskrit.