Dashrath Manjhi (14 January 1934 – 17 August 2007), also known as the Mountain Man, was an Indian laborer from Gehlaur village, near Gaya in the eastern state of Bihar. He is best known for carving a 110-metre-long (360 ft), 9.1-metre-wide (30 ft), and 7.7-metre-deep (25 ft) path through a ridge of hills using only a hammer and a chisel, from which his wife fell and died from injuries due to it blocking easy access to a nearby hospital on time.
Dashrath Manjhi (14 January 1934 – 17 August 2007), also known as the Mountain Man, was an Indian laborer from Gehlaur village, near Gaya in the eastern state of Bihar. He is best known for carving a 110-metre-long (360 ft), 9.1-metre-wide (30 ft), and 7.7-metre-deep (25 ft) path through a ridge of hills using only a hammer and a chisel, from which his wife fell and died from injuries due to it blocking easy access to a nearby hospital on time.
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