Marang Gomke (Great Leader) Jaipal Singh Munda
By SANTOSH KIROHe led Indian Hockey Team to Gold at Amsterdam Summer Olympics, 1928, a voice of the voiceless Adivasis, a Member of Constituent Assembly and a brain to Fifth Schedule and Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, an excellent orator and man who conceived to rescue 'Jharkhand' from the womb of history.
Hul Johar on the 119th birth anniversary of The Legendary Tribal Leader Marang Gomke(Great Leader) Jaipal Singh Munda.
An M.A. (Economics) from Oxford and an Oxford Hockey Blue, Jaipal quit coveted ICS career to lead Indian team at Olympics-only Olympics in history where the Gold medalist team did not concede a single goal to rivals in the entire tournament. Legendary Major Dhyan Chand was a member of this team.
Though married into the family of Indian National Congress President W.C. Bonnerjee, Jaipal dared to go against his own in-laws and formed 'Jharkhand Party' in order to lead his 'Adivasi' people to statehood by literally becoming a thorn in the Congress politics.
Jaipal was the President of Oxford Indian Majlis, a debating society. As the Principal of Rajkumar College, Raipur, Jaipal organised a football match in Calcutta, at which the school commoners played football with the royal princes of India.
The fact that he is The Greatest Tribal Leader of all time. Just because of his efforts and hardwork We(Tribals) got our Constitutional Rights. He was “Jack Of All Trades” but has given not so much importance in our History. Let's make him famous.
He deserve all the fame that other leaders are getting in our History. He too deserve the precious “Bharat Ratna” for his valuable contribution in the field of sports and political life.
Source: “THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAIPAL SINGH MUNDA” By SANTOSH KIRO
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