Indian farmer Dashrath Manjhi belonged to the lowest caste and lived in a poor village, where there was nothing, not even hospitals. The direct route to civilization - a neighboring town - blocked by the rocky mountain. It was only a road to bypass, a long and uncomfortable. One day his wife Dashratha, climbing the hill, fell and was seriously injured. Help in time have failed, and she soon died.
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The farmer picked up a shovel, a hammer and chisel to break through the road and went into the mountain. Every day he went to hollow, dig and to remove the stones. The neighbors called him a madman. Local government, were mired in laziness and lack of money, to lift a finger to help.
It took him twenty-two years - from 1960 to 1982,virtually to demolish a mountain and build the road. Now the way into town takes an hour walk. The whole of India became aware of him as a "person, removing the mountain." When Dashrath died, the state government gave him a solemn funeral. It is said, they have made a film about his life.
Dashrath Manjhi (1934[1]-August 17, 2007[2]) was born into a poor labourer family in Gahlour village near Gaya in Bihar, India.[1] Dashrath Manjhi was also known as Mountain Man.[3]
Dashrath Manjhi's claim to fame has been the herculean task of single-handedly carving a 360-foot-long (110 m), 25-foot-high (7.6 m) and 30-foot-wide (9.1 m) road by cutting a mountain of Gehlour hills[4] with a hammer, chisel and nails working day and night for 22 years from 1960 to 1982.[5] This passage reduced the distance between Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya district from 70 km to just 7 km, bringing him international acclaim.[6] He died on August 18, 2007 at the age of 80 years. He was given a state burial by the Government of Bihar.[
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