"Thus, since 1947, several legal amendments to prohibit and effectively thwart conversions by force or fraud (practices documented in the 1956 Niyogi Committee Report, internationally misrepresented by missionaries as an attack on the freedom of religion) were pushed by tribal MPs. For another example, the genuinely indigenous revolt led by Birsa Munda in 1899 was modelled on the Hindu reform movement Arya Samaj (he wanted his fellow tribesmen to renounce witchcraft, intoxication and animal sacrifices, and to wear the Brahminical sacred thread), and started with an attack on a mission post. Birsa receives only a single and quite scornful mention in this book, eventhough he is still a national hero for the Mundas."
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Elst, K. Father Rasschaert's martyrdom, India, Shanti Darshan Belgo-Indian Association (1996)
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Birsa Munda
Birsa Munda (15 November 1875 – June 9, 1900) was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader, and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe.
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