Dashrath Manjhi. Coordinates: Dashrath Manjhi (c. 1934[1] – 17 August 2007[2]) was born into a poor labourer family in Gehlaur village near Gaya in Bihar, India.[1] He is known as "Mountain Man"[3][4] for carving a path through a mountain in the Gehlour hills so his village could have easier access to medical attention after his wife died from the lack thereof.
Being illiterate, there seemed little option left for him but to spend his life working in the fields.He started working in the fields near a hill which rose on one side of his village. To cross the mountain, one had to traverse a narrow and treacherous pass. [1]Dashrath Manjhi was born in to a poor labourer family of Gahlour village near Gaya, Bihar.
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