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Jabalpur, Nov 15 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday inaugurated several projects worth over Rs 662 crore for the overall development and welfare of tribals during a formal program organized to celebrate Tribal Pride Day in Jabalpur.
The event was organized in Jabalpur on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter and tribal icon Birsa Munda. Overall programs of Tribal Pride Day were also organized across the state.
On this occasion, Chief Minister Yadav along with Governor Mangubhai Patel launched the government’s ‘Shalini App’ to provide information related to tribal welfare schemes and its rich culture and history.
Addressing a large gathering of tribals in Jabalpur, the Chief Minister said that Mahakaushal area is the birthplace of many great tribal heroes. He said that Gond rulers contributed to strength and good governance.
Yadav said that martyrs Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah of Gondwana from Jabalpur set an unprecedented example of patriotism.
He said, “In 1857, Maharaja Shankar Shah and Kunwar Raghunath Shah lit the flame of revolution and were hanged with a cannon for writing patriotic poetry.”
The Chief Minister further said that, in 1923, when the national freedom movement was at its peak, tribal hero Badal Bhoi of Chhindwara and thousands of tribal warriors joined the freedom struggle and sacrificed their lives.
Yadav also announced that all girls hostels and ashrams under the Tribal Affairs Department will now be named after heroine Rani Durgavati. Similarly, boys hostels will be named after Maharaja Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah.
He also announced the recruitment of 5,000 hostel superintendents in 2026.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inaugurated the state level Tribal Pride Day program in Jabalpur. He also addressed a similar event in Alirajpur, one of the tribal dominated districts of Madhya Pradesh, and remembered the great Birsa Munda and other tribal heroes.
Addressing the program at Alirajpur, the Chief Minister remembered revolutionary freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad, who was born in Alirajpur in 1906.
–IANS
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