Jharkhand
President Murmu Attends Ol Chiki Centenary Celebrations
- 02 Jan 2026
- 1 min read
Why in News?
President Droupadi Murmu attended the centenary celebrations of the Ol Chiki script in Jharkhand.
Key Points
- Event & Location: President Murmu graced the 100th anniversary of the Ol Chiki script, the writing system for the Santhali language, at Dishom Jaherthan in Karandih, Jamshedpur.
- Ol Chiki: The script was created in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu to provide a writing system for the Santhali language.
- Language Promotion: The President spoke in Santali at the 22nd Parsi Maha Santhali Sammelan and praised efforts to translate the Constitution and digital tools into the Ol Chiki script.
- Santhali language: It was added to the 8th Schedule of the Constitution in 2003 through the 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act.
