Dashrath Manjhi
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title:
Dashrath Manjhi
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Dashrath Manjhi, also known as Mountain Man, was an Indian laborer from Gehlaur village, near Gaya in the eastern state of Bihar. When his wife died in 1959 after being injured from falling from a mountain and due to the same mountain blocking easy access to a nearby hospital in time, he decided to carve a 110-metre-long (360 ft), 9.1-metre-wide (30 ft), and 7.7-metre-deep (25 ft) path through a ridge of hills using only a hammer and a chisel. After 22 years of work, Dashrath shortened travel be
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Man known for building path through a mountain in India
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashrath_Manjhi
date created:
2009-03-12T08:05:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T23:12:37Z
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