Kartik Oraon

Baba Kartik Oraon (born 29 October 1924)[1] was an Indian politician and an Adivasi leader[2] from Indian National Congress. He also participated in Indian freedom movement of 1947. He also found the Organisation "Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad".[3]

Kartik Oraon
कार्तिक उरांव
Image of Kartik Oraon in a portrait
Member of Parliament, Lohardaga
Preceded byIgnace Beck
Succeeded bySumati Oraon
Personal details
Born29 October 1924
Karounda Littatoli Village, Lohardaga, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died8 December 1981 (1981-12-09) (aged 57)
AIIMS, New Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Early life

He was born in a village named Karounda Littatoli of Gumla district, Jharkhand state, India). He was born in Kurukh community.[4] He was an Adivasi Member of parliament, Lok Sabha. His father was Jaira Oraon and mother was Birsi Oraon. Kartik Oraon was named Kartik, as he was born in the month of Kartik as per the Hindu calendar.[3]

Education

After completing high schooling from Gumla in 1942, he passed Intermediate examination from Science College, Patna, and completed bachelor of engineering from Bihar College of Engineering, Patna. Thereafter, he continued his further studies and acquired a number of qualifications from institutions of Great Britain.[5] He is till now considered as one of the most educated man of the Kurukh community and besides the foreign education he has a praiser of his Oraon Sadri (or Kurukh language).[6]

Political career

He held several official positions, and represented Lohardaga constituency of in Parliament of India several times, and also rose to become minister for aviation and communication of Government of India. He died at New Delhi on 8 December 1981.[7] He was three times Member of parliament of Lok Sabha from the Lohardaga (Lok Sabha constituency) and was known to be a national hero for the people of the Kurukh people. He was also known by the name of Baba Kartik Saheb.[8] He was known to oppose the conversion of Tribal people from their original religion to Christianity over the influence of Christian Missionaries.[9]

Hindu Preacher

Under him many Tribal returned from Christianity to Hinduism.[10] He was openely against conversion of Tribals from Hinduism to Christianity. He was also called the 'Sole Hindu Tribal Chief'. At that once it was rumoured that all tribes in India are Christian and at that time Kartik fought against the Missionaries in the Jharkhand High Court against David Munzni in the year 1963 for Illegal Religious Conversion of Tribals to Christianity.[11][12] He was also backed by many Hindu Organisations and he also demanded to not giving the Schedule Tribe Reservations to the tribal who opted Christianity in the year 1964 and he also calls the tribals to avoid entry of Missionaries in Tribal areas and he has been also known to be a devout follower of Birsa Munda.[13][14] He was also backed by Jan Sangh.

See also

References
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  2. "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. "Uttar Bengal Adivasi Vikas Parisad". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. "Kartik Oraon" (PDF). Shodhganga. First Post. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. "महान जननायक थेे कार्तिक उरांव". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 31 October 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  6. Borde, Radhika (12 August 2019). "New Roles for Indigenous Women in an Indian Eco-Religious Movement". Department of Social Geography and Regional Development. Religions. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic: MDPI: 3–9.
  7. "Shri Kartik Oraon MP biodata Lohardaga-ST | ENTRANCEINDIA". Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  8. Gautam, Shivaji (2016). Kartik Oraon A National Leader of Jharkhand. Website. Translated by Devi Ram, Rajesh. New Delhi, India: Disha International Publishing House. ISBN 9789384782610. Biography of Kartik Oraon - a technocrat turned politician during seventies.A native of Gumla district of Jharkhand, Oraon worked very sincerely for the tribal people of India, till his death in the year 1981.
  9. "Kurukh Community" (PDF). theresearchers.asia.
  10. Dasgupta, Sangeeta (March 2016). "'Heathen aboriginals', 'Christian tribes', and 'animistic races': Missionary narratives on the Oraons of Chhotanagpur in colonial India*". Modern Asian Studies. 50 (2): 437–478. doi:10.1017/S0026749X15000025. ISSN 0026-749X.
  11. "Kartik Oraon v David Munzni on 14 November 1963 - Judgement - LawyerServices". www.lawyerservices.in. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  12. "Kartik Oraon vs David Munzni And Anr. on 14 November, 1963". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  13. Aug 12, TNN / Updated; 2017; Ist, 18:07. "Christians, oppn up in arms against Jharkhand govt ad on conversions | Ranchi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 October 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. "Sectarian hate promoted by Jharkhand government after controversial advert". Global Christian News. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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