Raghunath Murmu

Raghunath Murmu
Portrait of Raghunath Murmu
Portrait of Raghunath Murmu
Native name
ᱨᱚᱜᱷᱩᱱᱟᱛᱷ ᱢᱩᱨᱢᱩ
Born5 May 1905
Mayurbhanj State, British India (present-day Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India)
Died1 February 1982(1982-02-01) (aged 76)
OccupationIdeologist, playwright, and writer
NationalityIndian
SubjectOl Chiki alphabet

Raghunath Murmu (5 May 1905[1][2] – 1 February 1982)[3] was an Indian Santali writer and educator. He developed the Ol Chiki script for Santali language.[4][5][6] Until the nineteenth century, Santali people had no written language and knowledge was transmitted orally from one generation to other. Later European researchers and Christian missionaries started to use Bengali, Odia, and Roman scripts to document the Santali language. However, Santalis did not have their own script. His development of the Ol Chiki script enriched the cultural identity of the Santali society. He wrote many songs, plays and school text books in the Ol Chiki script.[7][8][9]

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  4. ^ "The Politics of Difference: Ol-Chiki and Santali Identity in Eastern India" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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  6. ^ "Odisha Government Portal" (PDF). Orissa.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. ^ Hembram, Phatik Chandra (2002). Santal, a Natural Language. U. Hembram. p. 165.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pathy88 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ An Inspiration - a documentary on Pt. Raghunath Murmu on YouTube