Correct Answer - Option 1 : K.S. Singh
The correct answer is K.S. Singh.
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K.S. Singh is the author of the book 'Dust Storm and Hanging Mist: A study of Birsa Munda and his movement in Chotanagpur (1874-1901)'.
- It was published in 1966.
- Birsa Munda was a young freedom fighter and a tribal leader of the late 19th century.
- He was born and raised in the tribal belt around Bihar and Jharkhand. He belonged to the Munda tribe in the Chhotanagpur Plateau area.
- Having gained awareness of the British colonial ruler and the efforts of the missionaries to convert tribals to Christianity, Birsa started the faith of ‘Birsait’.
- Soon members of the Munda and Oraon community started joining the Birsait sect and it turned into a challenge to British conversion activities.
- Birsa Munda is known to have mobilised the tribal community against the British and had also forced the colonial officials to introduce laws protecting the land rights of the tribals.
