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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.
He started carving the path in 1960 after his wife Falguni Devi died from lack of medical care. After 22 years of work, Dashrath shortened the distance between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya town from 55 km to 15 km, cutting a 360-ft-long and 25-ft-wide road through a hill to link Ghivra Mauja of Dashrath Nagar, in Gehlaur Ghati, to ...
Manjhi – The Mountain Man is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language biographical film based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi.Manjhi, widely known as the "Mountain Man", was a poor labourer in Gehlaur village, near Gaya in Bihar, India, who carved a path 9.1 metres (30 ft) wide and 110 metres (360 ft) long through a hill 7.6 metres (25 ft) high, using only a hammer and chisel. [4]
A man in Slovenia is accused by Slovenian authorities of murdering his wife, whom he married in her native Philippines, days after she moved to the Central European country. The outlets all report ...
The sub-plot of the film is inspired by real-life events of Dashrath Manjhi, who cut a rocky hill for 22 years to build a road in memory of his wife. [1] Srikant was adjudged as the 'Promising Newcomer (Male)' for his performance in the film, based on an online poll conducted by The Times of India. [2]
A man was killed by police after they say he fatally shot his wife and their 2-year-old daughter, and also injured their two other children, in Louisiana. Authorities responded to the shooting ...
Hockey coach Mohamed Samak, 42, denies murdering his wife Joanne, 49, who was found dead at their home on July 1 last year. Husband and wife ‘almost living separate lives’ before he ‘stabbed ...
Dashrath Manjhi (2007) Gangubai Hangal (2009) Sathya Sai Baba (2011) ... General Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, his wife Emanuela Setti Carraro and agent Domenico Russo, ...