Handmade Road Between Mountain By Dashrath Manjhi

Dasrath Manjhi, a landless farmer from India, made history after he spent over two decades chiseling away at a mountain with rudimentary tools, in order to create a road for his community, when the Government refused to.

With just his chisel, hammer and shovel, this legendary man turned what was once a precarious one-foot-wide passage into a 360ft-long, 30ft-wide road accessible by bicycle and motorcycle. The hill kept the region's villages in isolation, forcing people to trek through dangerous terrain for hours just to reach their lands or the nearest market town.

Children had to walk eight kilometers to reach school, but thanks to Dasrath Manjhi's handmade road, that distance has been reduced to three kilometers, and people from over 60 villages now use it every day.