Tribal glory is to be restored : Chief Minister Chouhan
Monday - November 22, 2021 10:34 pm ,
Category : MADHYA PRADESH
Performed Bhoomi-Poojan of Raja Shankar Shah-Raghunath Shah statue site in Mandla
Bhopal 22 November 2021: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the tribes in the country and the state have a brilliant and glorious history. Tribal heroes have played a very important role in the freedom struggle. The British made all efforts to end the pride of our tribes. We are going to restore it.
Chief Minister Chouhan performed bhoomi-poojan of the statues of the tribal immortal martyrs Raja Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah at Qila Ward Mandla on the concluding day of Janjatiya Gourav Saptah. He remembered and paid obeisance to Raja Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah. The work of building the statue will be done at a cost of Rs 50 lakh.
Raja Shankar Shah of Gondwana dynasty and his son Raghunath Shah led the rebellion against the British. They inspired the British army based in Jabalpur to revolt. Raghunath Shah along with his father Shankar Shah had attained martyrdom on September 18, 1857.
Union Minister of State for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection of Madhya Pradesh Government and Minister in charge of Mandla district Bisahulal Singh, Forest Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah, Tribal Affairs Minister Sushri Meena Singh, Rajya Sabha MP Sampatia Uike and MLA Dev Singh Saiyam were present on the occasion – Window to News
