Ol Chiki Sirjon Ar Pt. Raghunath Murmu

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|