The Mountain Man

Dashrath Manjhi, also known as the Mountain Man, was an Indian laborer. He is best known for carving a 110-metre-long, 9.1-metre-wide, and 7.7-metre-deep 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. After 22 years of work, Dashrath shortened travel between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya district from 55 km to 15 km.

It’s true what they say, life is stranger than fiction