Pandit Raghunath Murmu is the inventor of Ol Chiki script. He was born in a village, called (Dahardih)Dandbose, on 5th May 1905 on the day of full moon in the district of Mayurbhanj, Orissa. After a brief stint in technical profession, he took up the job of teaching in Badomtolia high school. During this time, his interest was drawn into Santali literatures. Santali is a language with its own special characteristics, and has a literature which dates back to the beginning of the 15th century. Naturally, he felt that Santals with their rich cultural heritage and tradition also need a separate script to preserve and promote their language, and therefore, he took up the work of inventing Ol Chiki script for writing Santali. The epoch making invention of Ol Chiki script was unveiled in 1925. In the novel Bidu Chandan, he has vividly described how god Bidu, and godess Chandan who appear on Earth as human being would have naturally invented the Ol Chiki script in order to communicate with each other using written Santali. He wrote over 150 books covering a wide spectrum of subjects such as grammar, novels, drama, poetry, and story in Santali using Ol Chiki as a part of his extensive programme for culturally upgrading the Santal community. "Darege Dhan", "Sidhu-Kanhu", "Bidu Chandan" and "Kherwal Bir" are among the most acclaimed of his works. Pandit Raghunath Murmu is popularly known as GURU GOMKE among the Santals, a title that was conferred on him by the Mayurbhanj Adibasi Mahasabha. Besides the Govt of West Bengal and Orissa, several other organizations/associations including Orissa Sahitya Academy have honoured him in various ways and Hon D. Litt. was conferred on him by Ranchi University. The great thinker, philosopher, writer, and dramatist breathed his last breath on 1st February, 1982.

ol ciki Do 1925 sal re benaw pura.w lena| nova rinij sirjoniya. Do poNdeT ra.gHunaTH murmu| nuy Do mahaN kobi sa.DHu ramcaNDx murmu kHon 7 serma gan e hudiqa| guru gomke poNdeT ra.gHunaTH murmu ol ciki sirjon keD okTE Do gHatsila. sur ka.zwa. kata ramDAs tudu DHorom ar lakcar ko ol Tol Doho reyag e uyha.reD TaheN| savTA renaf muhim okTe men me jahaN okTE hoz hopon ko biloNdog hor reko TAheN kana| un okTE poNdeT ra.gHunaTH murmu Do udiya. iTun asza re olog okTE udiya. pa.rsi reyag hewer a.yka.w kuci haTAf re bolo aDEya| udiya. pa.rsi baf bujHa.w Dazeyag renaf bojH| onaTE ajag hara Tora juwa.n mone bozhe leDeya ol ciki sirjon| ol ciki sirjon TAyom ona pasnaw la.giD Disom-Disom e DaMa leDa, Disom gozom hazam sawna murmu sav| bHiT re, Dare re, DHiri re ol ciTA.r lekaTE pasnaw leDay biDu-caNDAn Tikinag Daze TE| ona ge lakcar sereq quTum Te Daya ge a.Tu tola kore sereq a.cur leDa DHorom kofka leka|

ol ciki reyag sanTAzi pa.rsi la.giD loza Do cemeq juzi Des miDun re la.y parsal leDA| iNgxra.ji 1931 sale re ol ciki TiNgu ketej la.giD kat reyag cHapa koz e benaw leDa ar 1939 sale reDo ba.rpaDa uDela re Disom hoz ko samaf re soDor leDA| ona qel TE raja proTap coNDxro bHoNjx Dew Do a.di TED e hahaza lena|

iNgxra.ji 1946 sale re poNdeT Do maceT ca.kri ba.gi kaTE hoz hopon ko ol hor e uDug ako la.giD biDu-caNDan kHeloNd e ol keDA| ol ciki cHapa parsal kaTe hoz tHen soDor la.giD tata nagar re a.jij iril koza boNgayen muniram baske ar hoz ko hoTeTE kHerwaz jarpa somiTi ko bereD leDA| oNde miD cHapa koz ba.ysa.w kaTE “qel jof la.giD ol” ko cHapa keDA| 1964 sale re hoz hopon ko okoTE TiNgu ketejog la.giD udisa ponoT re a.Diba.si savTA seceD lakcar semleD e bereD keDA| ona TAyom jHarkHoNd, pucHim bafla ar asam rehoNy bereD keDA| nova Do Tonol la.giD bHaroT jakaT a.Diba.si (sanTAz) mahal e TiNgu keDA| sanTAz azaf ol pazhaw la.giD ol ciki e samaf keDA| onka ge sanTAz ja.Ti, savTa, DHorom, lakcar, ol, roz eman la.giD sanam ka.mi jiwiD jibon bHur e ka.mi oto leDa| ajag jiyon renaf eTohob kHon muca.D ha.bij sanam kaTHa nagam lekaTE ol Doho akaDay “ol eTohob kaTHa” quTuman miD puTHi re| boNga Talayen Disom gozom hazam sawna murmu hoN ol ciki cHaraw ar savTa, seceD, lakcar eman ka.mi re jiyon jak poNdeT ra.gHunaTH murmu sav gozo gopozo ka.mi kaTE abo savTA reDo a.di maraf enem gekin haTAw akaDA|

Pandit Raghunath Murmu is the inventor of Ol Chiki script. He was born in a village, called (Dahardih)Dandbose, on 5th May 1905 on the day of full moon in the district of Mayurbhanj, Orissa. After a brief stint in technical profession, he took up the job of teaching in Badomtolia high school. During this time, his interest was drawn into Santali literatures. Santali is a language with its own special characteristics, and has a literature which dates back to the beginning of the 15th century. Naturally, he felt that Santals with their rich cultural heritage and tradition also need a separate script to preserve and promote their language, and therefore, he took up the work of inventing Ol Chiki script for writing Santali. The epoch making invention of Ol Chiki script was unveiled in 1925. In the novel Bidu Chandan, he has vividly described how god Bidu, and godess Chandan who appear on Earth as human being would have naturally invented the Ol Chiki script in order to communicate with each other using written Santali. He wrote over 150 books covering a wide spectrum of subjects such as grammar, novels, drama, poetry, and story in Santali using Ol Chiki as a part of his extensive programme for culturally upgrading the Santal community. "Darege Dhan", "Sidhu-Kanhu", "Bidu Chandan" and "Kherwal Bir" are among the most acclaimed of his works. Pandit Raghunath Murmu is popularly known as GURU GOMKE among the Santals, a title that was conferred on him by the Mayurbhanj Adibasi Mahasabha. Besides the Govt of West Bengal and Orissa, several other organizations/associations including Orissa Sahitya Academy have honoured him in various ways and Hon D. Litt. was conferred on him by Ranchi University. The great thinker, philosopher, writer, and dramatist breathed his last breath on 1st February, 1982.

hOzO mut jHog Do hOzO ayO ta:di boNga hirla. rebon er leD apHor leD| jokHon joyen jaf ena ar bon ir caba keDa ona Tayom Do peya pHedaT hOzO buDa. kHeT a.gu la.giD bon Doho kag_a| kHeT Do oTe mahaN ar bafkHan sa.rDi mahaN a.gu besa| aDo unre ona hOzO pHedaT re seter kaTe DaTrom Te hasa mesa kaTe reheD ko geDa ar gula.y sa:hij ko duNbuga| arko bakHeMa - ‘johar gosaNy hOzO ayO un Din Do ba.Dx re kHeT re ta:di boNga hirla. rele erleD apHor leD me| Teheq Do ozag Tele iDiyeD meya| petej alo la.pug alo jo baze jaf baze ozag perej dHula. perej arsej kag Tarsej kag_am| dili bale sa.yka. baze perej kag cozaf kag_am, johar|

ona hOzO ga.cHi bohog re Dipil kaTe pe DHaw maraf bOrO hirla. men kaTe oNde kHon Tazam ko ehoba ar hor Te hijug jHog hoN jahaN re men ko ehoba oNde ge pe DHaw kaTe maraf bOrO hirla. ko mena| onkaTe kHa.ra.y ko setrog_a| kuzi koDo mazaf re kHa.rya.y ko gej guruj kag_a ar holof Te pun koM ko ola| koM ke koM hoNko ol kag_a| aDo oNde kHeT ko Dohoya ar sulTa. ba.Ti ko lagawa| ona kHeT samaf re saNk hoNko orofa arko god joharaya hOzO ayO| ona Tayom Do jaNga ko a.rub baza kaTe hapzam ko bHiTa.r re kHeT a.gu quTum Te ha:di ko boNgawakowa| aDo ko bakHeMa| eTohob reDo maraf bOrO ko emaya| ‘johar gosaNy maraf bOrO ne enDo kHeT a.gu keD quTum Te jHar Dag Tapaf Dag le emam kan calam kan sukTe savar Te aTaf kag Tela kag_am| De enDo ina. Tayom ale hoNle joma haba laj ha.su bohog ha.su alom sirja.w kag birja.w kag_a| ozag re dHula. re dili baze sa.yka. baze roheD kag TobeD kag_am| cutu ko gudu ko sarga ko kuNbxzu ko hak kako Dazan kakowam| nova ozag re Duwa.r re rogag bigHinag ko alom bolo oco sozo ocoya| ba.Di ko ba.yri ko qel Daram qeD Daram kakowam| nova jiwi hozmo Dag Tala Dorya Tala ka.lka. hutub leka, DHiri leka Dag lekam Doho kag_a| ape hoN seDay jugx leka Diz akan DHa.hin akan pe TaheNna johar|’

ona Tayom hapzam ko ha:di ko boNga akowa| hapzam koDo DaDa hazam, gozom hazam, baba ona laTar re Da.y budHI, gozom budHI, ayO| nova pHuzug korenag ha:di qu huy kaTe ar miD pHuzug ko boNgaya| ona Do na.y parom gada parom Tina.g coko goj gur akan ona quTum Te aDo unjHog ko bakHeMa - ‘johar gosaNy nova ozag nova Gusti ren na.y parom gada parom TIna.g cope goj akan gur akan| ne enDo kHeT a.gu quTum Te jHar Dag Dapaf Dag emape calape kan suk Te savar Te aTaf kag Tela kag pe| miD tHeniq codoreg_a nova ge ica.g baha muruD baha leka pe cepej ha.tiq saza ha.tiq kag_a|’ ona Tayom Do mazafag bakHeM ToNgeg_a| ‘...De enDo ina. Tayom ale hoNle joma haba ... johar|’ ona Tayom Doko duNbuga ina. qiDa. Do ar boNga sarej ha:di ko quya| Dosar hilog tola paza kHeT ha:di qu ko hopohowa|

Tina.g seDay kore kHon cof iNDi biD reyaf ka.mi hej a.guwakana nova kaTHa la.y soDor Do ohowan geya| ay uma.n Te badayog kana palen jahaN Tis rajx proTHa se raj amol kore kHon biD hijug kana| cekaTe men Doko maMaf hilog Do rajx iNDi ar Dosar hilog Do porja iNDi| qel hijug kana nova iNDi biD Do a.Diba.si totHa rin sanam gaNTak rin ca.si hopon ge iNDi Doko biD a.guyeD kana| iNDi Do bHaDor boNga mulug gel miD mahaN kHon ehob kaTe miD emhaN ha.rij ko biDa| bHaDor boNga mulug gel miD mahaN Do rajx iNDi ko meTag-a ar gel bar mahaN kHon gel eyay mahaN ha.rij Do Diswa. (se porja) iNDi ko meTag-a|

menako ba.Dx ba.yha.z ka.mi rohoy, TuTuD, kazhan, losoD, hezheD, ga.cHya.w ar goda biNda. rambxza muNgx, hozej, bHa.Da.y, erog ka.mi sa.T kaTe enaf ge iNDi Doko biDa| niT ha.rij qel hijug kana, iNDi Do kosan Dare, meTag me sarjom, soso, kargale ar siNDxwa.ri geko biDa| biD renaf tHav Do ozag kHon odokog cHatka Duwa.r renaf leNga patHa re| ahar, ce pukHri gHat renaf leNga pahta re ar etag tHav ba.Dx, ba.yha.z, goda, paz, gurij maDe eman kore Do Tala mala reko biDa| iNDi Dare renaf hoN Timinaf gun Do menag geya, ona iNDi Dare sakam goso mosoDog johon jahaN baf otafog-a ona bas Te hoy hisiD re otaf bazay baf qelog Tiju (jibaMu) ko nasawog-a| ona bHegeD ba.Dx ba.yha.z re harag kan hOzO ga.cHi ba.zij nojor e tekaw Darama| ar one biD akan Dare kosan Te Dag rin Tiju koy goj koTe hOzO ga.cHi reyag rogx ajar ko bay huy ocowag-a| niTof hoN pa.Tya.w menag geya jahaN ba.Dx ba.yha.z re hOzO ga.cHi rogay sab lekHan kosan Dare, soso, sarjom ar bafkHan kargale (sirhi) da.r mag a.gu kaTe ko biDag-a|

bHaDor boNga iNDi kHon ge DasaNy ar sorhay boNga parabx puna.y Do ko lekHaya| jeleka bHaDor mulug 11 maha reDo iNDi, iNDi kHon 12 mahaN reDo biNDHa., biNDHa. kHon 16 mahaN reDo parbon se Durga.puja. ar DasaNy DaMan muca.D| ar parbon kHon 20 mahaN reDo sorhay se sarhaw parabx| node olakan kaTHa Do baday Tiyug kaTe se Tebag qam kaTe ol akana|

jaher gaz Do a.Tu sima.reyag eteD sima. kana| jaher ayO, baba lita., baba moMeko Turuyko, boNga ma:jHI hazam, ma:jHi budHi, TeNgen ma:jHI hazam, a.Tu pat, tHa.kra.n, DHorom goram, guTi ka.zmi, a.Tu sima.rin rakab ar sima. sazerin jahaN ge menag ko boNga ko, ona a.Tu sur korin buru boNga ko, huTi caya boNga lugu hazam ar jahaN ge bon parom hej akan gHa.ti boNga ko| nuku boNga ko aTe jaher gaz eteD eseD TaNhena| nuku boNga ko nayke babay seter leko are kusi oco leko KHan, ba.zijag a.Tu TeDo bay bolona| ma.nmi jiwi ja.Ti, kada, da:gxri, sim, sukri, merom bHidi, DHon Duribx joTowag reyag ge ra.s qamog-a| hoy Dag ja.zi Dag hoNy hoy a.gu cape a.guya| DHa.rTi sanam reyag goDog-a| juDi bay seter leD kowa enkHan a.Tu sima.re karajx cetra ko rag aTe ko arDas oco kowa je boNga bay seter lena| baday hazam hoz kohoN nofka rag ko aNjom lekHan payTar TaNhe kana okare co boNga buru Deba seba perej uma.M re bay seter lena| onaTe karajx kul koko huDuzeD-a| enkHan ge hazam hoz koDo baf gHa.zik kaTe, nayke baba jaher boNgako Dag-e Dul akowa ar ko oTa Taberog-a| bakHeMako - “johar goNsay jaher ayO ma oka kore co bale seter leD peya| ale ma kaMa ma.nmi ba.zij akaD kHan le sahaw kag lahaw kag ape| a.Tu sima.re karajx ar bir buru re kul ko alo ko huDuzma| jiwi ja.Ti re nira.y le qam ma|” niya. ko ka.mi baza nehor b aza lekHan ge joTo ko ha.piDog-a|

abo jahaN leka bazge bes leka bon eteD kag kHan bazge bHiTri Te kada, da:gxri mihuN, merom arhoN etag jibx jiya.li kohoN eteD Don parom kaTe baf ko parom Dazeyag-a| eteD bHiTri re cas akaD eman Teman jo baha Dare ko baf ko jom uja.z Dazeyag-a| juDi eteD ge bes bay TaNhena enkHan ona bazge reDo cas rehoNm ohom arjaw keya| ona kHa.Tir nayke Do baday hoz gebo naykeg-a ar baf jugx jugx kHon jahaNy geko nayke hijug kana, unku ozag ren geko nayke lenkHan a.di napaya|