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'''Budhni Manjhiyain''', also known as '''Budhni Mejhan''' and called '''Nehru's tribal wife''', was a woman from the Santhali tribe. She became famous and also gained infamy after as a 15-year-old she garlanded [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] during the inauguration of a dam. She was ostracized by her community.<ref name="Angad 2023 e259">{{cite web | last=Angad | first=Abhishek | title=Nehru’s ‘tribal wife’, who was ostracised by village for exchanging garlands with ex-PM, dies at 80 | website=The Indian Express | date=21 Nov 2023 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nehru-tribal-wife-budhni-manjhiyain-dies-9036382/ | access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref name="Ashutosh 2023 c539">{{cite web | last=Ashutosh | first=Anil | title=Ostracised for life, ‘Nehru’s tribal wife’ passes away | website=The Times of India | date=21 Nov 2023 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/ostracised-for-life-nehrus-tribal-wife-passes-away/articleshow/105365924.cms | access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref name="Desk 2023 f487">{{cite web | last= | first=| title=Who Was Budhni Mejhan? Know About Jawaharlal Nehru’s ‘Tribal Wife’ Who Passed Away At 80 | website=Free Press Journal | date=21 Nov 2023 | url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/who-was-budhni-mejhan-know-about-jawaharlal-nehrus-tribal-wife-who-passed-away-at-80 | access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
[[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the prime minister, wanted a women working in [[Damodar Valley Corporation]] to be present during the inauguration in 1959 of the [[Panchet Dam]] over the Damodar river. Budhni Manjhiyain and the Santholi man Ravan Manjhii were selected to welcome him. Here she garlanded him and in reciprocation Nehru garlanded her. After the function, when she returned to her village Karbona she was told by the village elders that by garlanding Nehru she married him and as she married a non Santhali, she was banished by the Santhali elders and told to leave her village. She was sacked from Damodar Valley Corporation in 1962. She later worked as a daily-wager in Purulia. Her plight came to the notice of [[Rajiv Gandhi]] who meet her in 1985 and later she was reinstated to her job in Damodar Valley Corporation where she worked until her retirement in 2005. But she could never return to her village.<ref name="Explainers 2023 g031">{{cite web | last=| first=| title=The sad tale of Budhni Manjhiyain, Nehru’s ‘tribal wife’, who died in exile | website=Firstpost | date=21 Nov 2023 | url=https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/budhni-manjhiyain-nehru-tribal-wife-who-passes-away-ostracised-life-13411532.html | access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref name="News18 2023 t405">{{cite web | title=Meet Budhni Manjhiyain: 'Nehru's Tribal Wife', Who Was Ostracised for Life | website=News18 | date=21 Nov 2023 | url=https://www.news18.com/india/meet-budhni-manjhiyain-nehrus-tribal-wife-who-was-ostracised-for-life-why-shes-in-news-8670270.html | access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref name="टीम 2023 k472">{{cite web | last=टीम | first=नवभारत गोल्ड | title=Nehru Tribal Wife: क्या पंडित नेहरू ने आदिवासी महिला बुधनी मंझियाइन से की थी शादी? | website=Navbharat Gold | date=21 Nov 2023 | url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/navbharatgold/breaking-news-in-hindi/did-pandit-nehru-marry-tribal-woman-budhani-manjhiyain/story/105374365.cms | language=hi | access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref name="சி. அர்ச்சுணன் 2023 l792">{{cite web | last=சி. அர்ச்சுணன் | first=பிரேம் குமார் எஸ்.கே. | title=Budhni Manjhiyain, `Tribal wife' of Ex PM Nehru died, what story behind him | website=Vikatan| date=22 Nov 2023 | url=https://www.vikatan.com/government-and-politics/politics/budhni-manjhiyain-tribal-wife-of-ex-pm-nehru-died-what-story-behind-him | language=ta | access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref name="BBC News हिंदी 2016 m362">{{cite web | title=नेहरू को माला पहनाने की सज़ा भुगत रही महिला | website=BBC News हिंदी | date=1 Nov 2016 | url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/international-37815302 | language=hi | access-date=24 Nov 2023}}</ref><br />
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