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Which was the working area of Birsa Munda?
A. Champaran
B. Ranchi
C. Baliya
D. Alipur

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Hint Birsa Munda was an Indian freedom fighter and a folk hero that belonged to the Munda tribal community of Bengal’s presidency. He spearheaded the religious movements of the tribes in the 19th century against the colonial powers.

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Bhagwan Birsa Munda was an important figure in the independence struggle of India. He was born on November 15, 1875, in the then Bengal Presidency. Birsa Munda one of the most famous tribal leaders of India. He is the only tribal leader to have his portrait in the Indian parliament museum. Birsa stayed in Chaibasa from 1886 to 1890 and that is regarded as the formative period of his life. Birsa was appalled by the way the British treated the tribes. Birsa actively worked in Ranchi and areas nearby to suppress the colonial powers in the area.
Birsa along with The Munda tribe responded through a series of rewards to the Twin challenges of a gradient breakdown and the British. Pronounced Christianity and asked his tribesmen to worship only one God. Birsa declared himself as the one who had come to recover The Lost Kingdom of his people. He gave the slogan that the reign of the queen will be over soon and the Mundas will take over.

Option B is the correct option.

Note The state of Jharkhand celebrates its Foundation Day on the birthday of Birsa Munda. He is widely acclaimed as Bhagwan Birsa Munda. Champaran is famous because Gandhiji started Satyagraha in Champaran.
He started Satyagraha to help the tenant farmers who were forced to grow Indigo on their land and were made to work under oppressive conditions.