Gunda Dhur was a tribal leader from village Nethanar in
Jagdalpur
Jagdalpur is a city in Bastar district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Jagdalpur is the administrative headquarters of Bastar District and Bastar Division. It was earlier the capital of the former princely state of Bastar. It is the ...
tehsil, of
Bastar district
Bastar is a district in the state of Chhattisgarh in Central India. Jagdalpur is the district headquarters. Bastar is bounded on the northwest by Narayanpur District, on the north by Kondagaon district, on the east by Nabarangpur and Kora ...
, in present-day
Chhattisgarh.
He played a major role in
1910 rebellion of the Dhurwas of
Kanger forest in Bastar, and led the rebellion.
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Memorial
On 10 February 2020, a statue
A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals are carved or cast in a durable material such as wood, metal or stone. Typical statues are life-sized or close to life-size; a sculpture t ...
made by the tribal community was unveiled at Kanker, Chhattisgarh
Kanker is a municipality and the headquarters of Kanker District, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is the second largest city of Bastar division after Jagdalpur.
Geography
Kanker is located at . It has an average elevation of 388 ...
by the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel
Bhupesh Baghel (born 23 August 1960) is an Indian politician serving as the third and current Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. He was president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress. He has been member of legislative assembly five times from Patan. ...
.
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Indian activists
Tribal chiefs
People from Bastar district
Indian revolutionaries