1. Tulasi Munda was born on 15 July 1947 and is a social activist from the Indian state of Odisha.
10 Facts About Tulasi Munda
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Tulasi Munda was awarded the Padma Shri in 2001 by Government of India for her contribution to spreading literacy among the impoverished adivasi peoples of Odisha.
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Tulasi Munda had been a child labourer in the mines of Keonjhar herself.
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Tulasi Munda belongs to the Munda ethnic group of adivasis, the collective term in mainland South Asia for indigenous peoples.
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Tulasi Munda is popularly known as "Tulasi Apa", literally meaning "Sister Tulasi" in Odia.
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Tulasi Munda was born on 15 July 1947 in Kainshi village located in the present-day Keonjhar district in Odisha.
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In 1961, Tulasi Munda met social reformers Ramadevi Choudhury, Nirmala Deshpande and Malati Choudhury who advocated for education for women.
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Tulasi Munda joined their efforts happening in different parts of the country.
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Tulasi Munda met Acharya Vinoba Bhave when he visited Odisha in 1963 during the Bhoodan movement.
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Tulasi Munda returned to Serenda in 1964 and started an informal school for children in the veranda of her home.