Who is late Shri Badal Bhoi?

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Correct — C, a famous tribal freedom fighter. Badal Bhoi (born 1845, Dungaria Teetra village, Parasia tehsil, Chhindwara district) mobilised Gond and other tribal communities of the region in the non-violent freedom struggle — leading a large tribal gathering in 1923 to press for forest and land rights, and later joining the 1930 forest ('jungle') satyagraha by defying colonial forest law at Ramakona. His commitment to non-violence earned him the popular title 'Gandhi of Chhindwara.' Madhya Pradesh's state tribal museum at Chhindwara was renamed the Shri Badal Bhoi State Tribal Museum in his honour in 1997.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Not the official identification — Badal Bhoi is remembered specifically for leading tribal resistance against British rule, not primarily for social-work initiatives.  (b) Not the official identification — Madhya Pradesh does have well-known tribal musicians, but Badal Bhoi's recognised legacy is as a freedom fighter, not a performer.  (d) Not the official identification — district records and the state museum named after him credit Badal Bhoi as a freedom fighter, not an artist.

Concept: Madhya Pradesh's tribal freedom-fighter roster includes both nationally documented names (Tantya Bhil, Bhima Nayak, Shankar Shah–Raghunath Shah) and locally-remembered leaders such as Badal Bhoi, whose resistance stayed largely regional but is preserved through district institutions — here, a state tribal museum named in his honour.

State PCS 2024 Q25 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

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