Man Who Cut a Mountain For 22 Years

He cut a mountain using only a hammer and chisel

L. Small
3 min readSep 1, 2020

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By India Post, Government of India — [1], GODL-India, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74205894

Dashrath Manjhi also known as Mountain Man was a poor laborer in the village of Gehlaur, near Gaya, Bihar state, India. After 22 years of sculpting, Manjhi shortened the journey between the Atri block and Wazirganj, Gaya district, from 55 km to 15 km.

But how could an old man like Manjhi have the…

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L. Small

"One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible" ~Genghis Khan~