Dashrath Manjhi — The mountain man of India

Dashrath Manjhi — The mountain man of India from Bihar, who cut the mountain with hammer and chisel for 22 years. Dashrath Manjhi, also known as Mountain Man, was an Indian laborer from Gehlaur village, near Gaya in the eastern state of Bihar.

When his wife died in 1959 after being injured from falling from a mountain and due to the same mountain blocking easy access to a nearby hospital in time, he decided to carve a 110 meter-long, 9. 1 meter-wide, and 7.

7 meter-deep path through a ridge of hills using only a hammer and a chisel. After 22 years of work, Dashrath shortened travel between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya district from 55 km to 15 km.

Dashrath Manjhi’s story has been the subject of at least one documentary and several dramatic treatments in Indian film and television