Chanku Mahato was a freedom fighter of

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

hailing from

Kudumi Mahato The Kudmi are a community in the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar of India. They were primarily agriculturalist. . Classification Kudmi were classified as a Notified Tribe by the British Raj under the terms of the Indian Succ ...

community. Born in Rangamatia village of Godda district in British India. One of leader of Santal rebellion, who mobilized Mahatos to fight against the atrocities of

Britishers British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs mod ...

Overview

Chanku Mahato organised various movement to fight against Britishers alongwith

Santhal Santhal may refer to : Places and jurisdictions * Santhal Pargana division, in Jharkhand state, (north)eastern India * Santhal State, former petty princely state in Mahi Kantha, Gujarat, western India People * Santhal people (part of the Tea ...

leader

Sidhu Kanhu Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu were the leaders of the Santhal rebellion (1855–1856), the rebellion in present-day Jharkhand and Bengal (Purulia,Birbhum and Bankura) in eastern India against both the British colonial authority and the corrupt zami ...

brother. The folklore sing by

is like:

... ''Sidhu Kanu khurkhurir upare, Chand-Vairab lahare lahare; Chanku Mahato, Rama Gope lahare lahare, Challu Jolha lahare lahare.''

His slogan was:

... ''Aapon mati, Aapon dana, Pet kati nihi debo khajna.''

He was arrested by Britishers and hanged to death in

Godda Godda is a Silk City with a municipal Council in the Godda subdivision of the Godda district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the headquarter of the Godda district. History As a consequence of the Santhal rebellion of 1845-55 the dist ...

near Kajhiya river bank on May 15, 1856.

References

People from Jharkhand 1816 births 1856 deaths History of Jharkhand {{India-bio-stub