Gehlaur

Gehlaur
village
Gehlaur

Location in Bihar, India

Coordinates: 24°52′50″N 85°14′25″E / 24.88056°N 85.24028°E / 24.88056; 85.24028Coordinates: 24°52′50″N 85°14′25″E / 24.88056°N 85.24028°E / 24.88056; 85.24028
Country  India
State Bihar
District Gaya district
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 824231
Nearest city Gaya

Gehlaur a village located in Muhra Tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar State, India.[1][2]

Notability

Gehlaur is the same village where the legendary ‘Mountain Man’ Dashrath Manjhi who hand-chiselled a road through a rocky mountain to connect his inaccessible village to the nearest town, lived. He was a poor man who worked as a labourer in Gehlaur village. He carved a path through a huge mountain in the Gehlaur Hills using only a hammer and chisel as his tools, only because his village did not have easy access to medical attention.[3][4]

He came up with this idea after his wife Falguni Devi died from lack of medical care in 1959. The nearest town which could offer a good doctor and required medical attention was 70 km away traveling around the hills. But, after 22 years of work, patience and perseverance, this one man army, Dashrath shortened the distance between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya town from 55 km to 15 km, cutting a 360-ft-long and 25-ft-wide road through a hill to link Ghivra Mauja of Dashrath Nagar, in Gehlaur Ghati, to Atara Prakhand, Wazirganj.[5][6]

Post his death, Dashrath Manjhi was given due respect and a state funeral by the Government of Bihar.

References

  1. ↑ "INDIAN VILLAGE DIRECTORY". https://villageinfo.in/. VillageInfo.in. Retrieved 19 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ "Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate season opener disappointed this Bihar village". http://www.hindustantimes.com. HT Media Limited. Retrieved 19 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ "Dashrath Manjhi: Mountain man of India who carved the poor man's Taj Mahal". http://www.welcomeback.in. Welcome Back Film. Retrieved 19 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ "Dashrath Manjhi: Some lesser known facts on the Mountain Man who worked for 22 years and carved a path through a mountain". http://indiatoday.intoday.in. Living Media India Limited. Retrieved 19 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ "Tax rebate to Manjhi biopic raises eyebrows".
  6. ↑ "Bihar activist demands Bharat Ratna for Mountain Man". http://zeenews.india.com. Zee Media Corporation Ltd (An Essel Group Company),. Retrieved 19 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
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