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Shibu Soren led tribal uprisings, co-founded a statehood movement, and became one of Jharkhand’s most powerful leaders.

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00:00Before he became Jharkhand's most powerful tribal leader, Shibu Surain was a man named in a massacre

00:07and later convicted of murder. In 1975, 11 people were killed in a mob attack in Chirudi. Nine of

00:16them were Muslims. Witnesses claimed Surain led the mob. One gave a dying declaration. Shibu Surain

00:22told us to kill the Muslims. The case dragged on for decades. Surain evaded court summons,

00:27went underground, finally surrendered and was acquitted in 2008, 33 years later, for lack of evidence.

00:38In 2006, he was convicted again, this time for the murder of his former aide, Shashinath Jha,

00:44who allegedly had knowledge of a 1993 bribery deal involving JMM MPs during a no-confidence vote in

00:50Parliament. Surain was sentenced to life in prison. A year later, the Delhi High Court overturned the

00:55conviction that man is now dead.

01:02Surain died on August 4, 2025 at 81. He was Jharkhand's chief minister three times but never completed

01:09a full term. Born in 1944 in present-day Ramgir district, Surain's political career was shaped

01:15by personal tragedy.

01:16His father was allegedly killed by moneylenders when he was 15. He later led tribal uprisings,

01:25fought feudal landlords and co-founded the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in 1973. By the 1990s,

01:31he had become a national player, courted by both the BJP and Congress for his ability to swing

01:36tribal votes.

01:43To his followers, Surain was a tribal icon who defied New Delhi. To critics, he embodied

01:48the compromises and corruption of Indian politics. He formally retired in April 2025, handing over

01:54the JMM to his son, Hemant Surain. But his influence and controversies never left Chharkhand.

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