The Life and Times of Jaipal Singh Munda
| Author | Santosh Kiro |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Prabhat Prakashan Pvt Ltd |
| ISBN | 978-9352669431 |
| Book Type | Hardbound |
| Item Weight | 0.25 kg |
| Edition | Ist |
The Life and Times of Jaipal Singh Munda
The Life and Times of Jaipal Singh Munda' is a biography of the legendary leader, hockey genius—who as the Captain, led India Hockey Team to Gold at Amsterdam Summer Olympics, 1928, a voice of the voiceless Adivasis, a Member of the Constituent Assembly and a brain to Fifth Schedule and Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, an excellent orator and man who conceived to rescue 'Jharkhand' from the womb of history. An M.A. (Economics) from Oxford and an Oxford Hockey Blue, Jaipal quit coveted ICS career to lead Indian team at Olympics—only Olympics in history where the Gold medalist team did not concede a single goal to rivals in the entire tournament. Legendary Major Dhyan Chand was a member of this team. Though married into the family of Indian National Congress President W.C. Bonnerjee, Jaipal dared to go against his own in-laws and formed 'Jharkhand Party' in order to lead his 'Adivasi' people to statehood by literally becoming a thorn in the Congress politics. Jaipal was the President of Oxford Indian Majlis, a debating society. As the Principal of Rajkumar College, Raipur, Jaipal organised a football match in Calcutta, at which the school commoners played football with the royal princes of India. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ContentsAcknowledgments — Pgs. 5Preface — Pgs. 7The Last Flight — Pgs. 11Lo Bir Sendra — Pgs. 24Captain of a Movement — Pgs. 34Constituent Assembly and Jaipal — Pgs. 63The Second Jallianwala Bagh — Pgs. 109Typhoon — Pgs. 120Where Did the Rooster Go? — Pgs. 142The Goal That Was, and Is — Pgs. 157References — Pgs. 173Appendix — Pgs. 174Bibliography — Pgs. 181
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