Nirmal Mahato (25 December 1950 – 8 August 1987) was an Indian political activist and prominent leader of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
Shibu Soren appointed Mahato as president and himself as general secretary of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
For this a stronger movement was required and it was decided to form a student union of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
Mahato had a plan that all leaders and workers of AJSU should be trained in guerrilla warfare like revolutionary of Assam, Bodoland and Gorkhaland.
[7] In August 2000, one of the three accused of murdering Mahato, Pappu Singh, surrendered in the court after 14 years.