Scores of people in Jharkhand on Friday observed Shaheed Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo’s Jayanti.

On this occasion,Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das visited the Dhurva Chowk in Ranchi and garlanded the statue of Shaheed Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo.

Shahdeo had led a movement against the British Government during India’s First movement of Independence in 1956-57-also known as Sepoy Mutiny.He was hanged to death by the British rulers near Zila School in Ranchi.