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Manjhi - The Mountain Man

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Would you take ca charge if someone ask you to cut the mountain and make road across by your self only and only with the help of a hammer and bunch of chisels, Yes!! You will not do it at all but what if i tell you that a man in India has done it already,Yes!we are talking about the man famous with the name of Manjhi - The Mountain Man. His full name is  Dashrath Manjhi . Manjhi, widely known as the "Mountain Man", was a poor labourer in  Gehlaur  village, near  Gaya  in Bihar, India, who carved a path 9.1 metres (30 ft) wide and 110 metres (360 ft) long through a hill 7.6 metres (25 ft) using only a hammer and chisel, In the 1960s Dashrath Manjhi  lived in a small village  Gehlaur  near  Gaya ,  Bihar , India: with his family including his wife Phaguniya Devi  and his son. There was a rocky  mountain  near his village that people either had to climb across or travel round to gain access to medical care a...