Dashrath Manjhi (1934^[1]-August 17, 2007^[2]) was born into a poor labourer family in Gahlour village near Gaya in Bihar, India.^[1] He is also known as Mountain Man.^[3] Dashrath Majhi's wife, Falguni Devi died due to lack of medical treatment because the nearest town with a Doctor was 70 km away from their village in Bihar, India.

Dashrath did not want anyone else to suffer the same fate as his wife, so he single-handedly carved a 360-foot-long (110 m), 25-foot-high (7.6 m) and 30-foot-wide (9.1 m) road by cutting a mountain of Gehlour hills, working day and night for 22 years from 1960 to 1982. His feat reduced the distance between Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya district from 75 km to just one km, bringing him international acclaim.^[4][5]

He died on August 17, 2007. He was given a state burial by the Government of Bihar.^[6]

In July 2010, director Manish Jha announced a film, Manjhi, based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi. The film is produced by Sanjay Singh, who previously produced Udaan (2010) and Manoj Bajpai is slated to play the lead.^[7] Dashrath Manjhi's inspirational story was shown on Aamir Khan's show" Satyamev Jayate ".^[8][9] Nawazuddin Siddiquiis going to play lead role in Ketan Mehta's next film Mountain Manwhich a biopic on soul stirring story of the amazingly inspiring Dashrath Manjhi-famous for being the man who broke a mountain for love. ^[10]

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