Baba Kartik Oraon (born 29 October 19248 December 1981) was an

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and an

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leader from

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. He also participated in

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of 1947. He also found the Organisation "Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad".

Early life

He was born in a village named Karounda Littatoli of

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. He was born in Kurukh community. He was an

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. 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

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and was 4th child o his parents.

Education

After completing high schooling from

Gumla Gumla is a city which is the district headquarters in the Gumla subdivision of the Gumla district in the state of Jharkhand, India. History Gumla began as a hamlet. A week-long "Cow Fair" (''Gau-Mela'') took place every year, where items in d ...

in 1942, he passed Intermediate examination from Science College,

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, and completed bachelor of engineering from

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, Patna. Thereafter, he continued his further studies and acquired a number of qualifications from institutions of

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. He is till now considered one of the most educated men of the Kurukh community and besides the foreign education he has a praiser of his

Oraon Sadri Nagpuri (also known as Sadri) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Bihar. It is primarily spoken in the west and central Chota Nagpur plateau region. It is sometimes considered a dialec ...

(or

Kurukh language Kurukh (; Devanagari: कुंड़ुख़), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw, is a Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people of East India. It is spoken by about two million people in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhatti ...

Political career

He held several official positions, and represented Lohardaga constituency of in

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several times, and also rose to become minister for aviation and communication of

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. He died at

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on 8 December 1981. He was three times Member of parliament of Lok Sabha from the

Lohardaga (Lok Sabha constituency) Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. Presently this constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. This constituency covers ...

and was known to be a national hero for the people of the

Kurukh people The Kurukh or Oraon, also spelt Uraon, or Dhangar ( Kurukh: ''Karḵẖ'' and ''Oṛāōn'') are a Dravidian speaking ethnolinguistic group inhabiting Chhotanagpur Plateau and adjoining areas - mainly the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Benga ...

. He was also known by the name of Baba Kartik Saheb.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oraon, Kartik People from Lohardaga district 1981 deaths 1924 births India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1980–1984 Lok Sabha members from Jharkhand People from Gumla district Indian National Congress politicians Adivasi politicians

Early life

Education

Political career

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