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2 unusual facts about Constant Lievens


Constant Lievens

After a few months of preliminary contacts and study of the language and customs of the Munda people Lievens settled in a hut at Torpa, a large village 60 km south of Ranchi (today’s capital city of the Jharkhand state).

John-Baptist Hoffmann

He was asked then to study British and agrarian law in order to take Father Constant Lievens's succession in the legal defence of the tribals.


Paul Goethals

Goethals actively encouraged evangelization and education in the Chota Nagpur Plateau of Central India and was an effective help to Constant Lievens's work among the Mundas, Oraons and Kharias in the future state of Jharkhand.


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