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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|