Pujari Munda hailed from the village of Bada Bharandi, in Nabarangpur district, Odisha, and was the son of Mukunda Pujari. He was a participant in the Quit India movement that began on August 8, 1942 in Odisha, in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s nationwide call for action, and was subsequently arrested by the British police.
Along with other under-trial political prisoners, Baga Pujari was held in detention at the Nowrangpur (Nabarangpur) Sub-Jail, where he contracted chronic amoebic dysentery due to the unsanitary living conditions and lack of medical care.
The Inspector General (Prisons) later acknowledged his department’s responsibility for the unhygienic conditions prevailing in the Nowrangpur Sub-Jail. An internal inquiry revealed a highly unsatisfactory state of affairs at Nowrangpur. As a result of these circumstances, Pujari and other political prisoners were transferred to the Koraput District Jail, where he passed away on February 11, 1943.
Pujari Munda
(★ – 1943) – (Odisha)
Pujari Munda hailed from the village of Bada Bharandi, in Nabarangpur district, Odisha, and was the son of Mukunda Pujari. He was a participant in the Quit India movement that began on August 8, 1942 in Odisha, in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s nationwide call for action, and was subsequently arrested by the British police.
Along with other under-trial political prisoners, Baga Pujari was held in detention at the Nowrangpur (Nabarangpur) Sub-Jail, where he contracted chronic amoebic dysentery due to the unsanitary living conditions and lack of medical care.
The Inspector General (Prisons) later acknowledged his department’s responsibility for the unhygienic conditions prevailing in the Nowrangpur Sub-Jail. An internal inquiry revealed a highly unsatisfactory state of affairs at Nowrangpur. As a result of these circumstances, Pujari and other political prisoners were transferred to the Koraput District Jail, where he passed away on February 11, 1943.
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