President Murmu inaugurates centenary celebrations of the Ol Chiki script in New Delhi
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Centenary Celebration of the Ol Chiki script, organised by the Ministry of Culture, in New Delhi on 16 February 2026.
Summary
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Centenary Celebration of the Ol Chiki script, organised by the Ministry of Culture, in New Delhi on 16 February 2026. She said that before Ol Chiki, the Santhali language was written in the Roman, Devanagari, Oriya and Bengali scripts, which could not correctly render its original sounds. She urged children to learn their mother tongue, Santhali, in the Ol Chiki script alongside other languages. Static link: Pandit Raghunath Murmu invented the Ol Chiki script in 1925, and it has since been used for Santhali and become a symbol of Santal identity.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 16 February 2026, New Delhi
- Inaugurated by
- President Droupadi Murmu
- Organiser
- Ministry of Culture
- Script
- Ol Chiki, used for Santhali
- Invented by
- Pandit Raghunath Murmu, 1925
- Earlier scripts for Santhali
- Roman, Devanagari, Oriya, Bengali
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The Ol Chiki script, whose centenary celebrations were inaugurated on 16 February 2026, is used to write which language?
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Correct answer: B — Santhali
Ol Chiki is used for the Santhali language.
Who invented the Ol Chiki script?
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Correct answer: D — Pandit Raghunath Murmu
President Murmu noted that Pandit Raghunath Murmu invented the Ol Chiki script in 1925.
Consider the following statements about the Ol Chiki script: 1. It was invented in 1925. 2. Before Ol Chiki, Santhali was written only in the Devanagari script. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. Before Ol Chiki, Santhali was written in the Roman, Devanagari, Oriya and Bengali scripts.