10 Facts About Dashrath Manjhi

Dashrath Manjhi, known as Mountain Man, was an Indian laborer from Gehlaur village, near Gaya in the eastern state of Bihar.

Dashrath Manjhi travelled to New Delhi to get recognition of his work and was rewarded by then Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar.

Dashrath Manjhi ran away from his home at a young age and worked in coal mines at Dhanbad.

Some reports say she was injured while walking along a narrow path across the rocky ridge to bring water or lunch to Dashrath Manjhi, who had to work away from the village at a location south of the ridge; other reports link the path across the ridge to the delayed care but not to Falguni Devi's injuries.

Dashrath Manjhi felt that the loss of his beloved wife could have been prevented, he wished to spare the next person of having to experiencing a similar fate, so he felt determined to carve a path through the ridge, so that his village could one day have easier access to medical care.

Dashrath Manjhi was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and was admitted to the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on 23 July 2007.

Dashrath Manjhi was given a state funeral by the Government of Bihar.

Dashrath Manjhi's story has been the subject of at least one documentary and several dramatic treatments in Indian film and television.

Dashrath Manjhi's story had a minor role in a later Kannada film, 2011's Olave Mandara directed by Jayatheertha.

In 2011, director Kumud Ranjan working for the state-owned Films Division of India produced a documentary based on Dashrath Manjhi's life titled The Man Who Moved the Mountain.