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	Murmu was honoured by [[Mayurbhanj State]] [[Jaipal Singh Munda#Adivasi Mahasabha\|Adivasi Mahasabha]] with the title "Guru Gomke" (the great teacher).<ref name="Pathy88">{{cite book\|last1=Pathy\|first1=J\|title=Ethnic Minorities in the Process of Development\|date=1988\|publisher=Rawat Book Sellers\|isbn=9788170330554\|page=174\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z48eAAAAMAAJ\|language=en}}</ref><ref name="IL87">{{cite journal\|title=Indian Linguistics\|date=1987\|volume=47-50\|page=18\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmkaAQAAIAAJ\|language=en}}</ref>		Murmu was honoured by [[Mayurbhanj State]] [[Jaipal Singh Munda#Adivasi Mahasabha\|Adivasi Mahasabha]] with the title "Guru Gomke" (the great teacher).<ref name="Pathy88">{{cite book\|last1=Pathy\|first1=J\|title=Ethnic Minorities in the Process of Development\|date=1988\|publisher=Rawat Book Sellers\|isbn=9788170330554\|page=174\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z48eAAAAMAAJ\|language=en}}</ref><ref name="IL87">{{cite journal\|title=Indian Linguistics\|date=1987\|volume=47-50\|page=18\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmkaAQAAIAAJ\|language=en}}</ref>

	In honour of his creation of the [[Ol Chiki script]], every year full moon day on the month of May which is popularly called as "Guru Kunami", "Guru Purnima" and "Basant Kunami" is being observed as an "optional holiday"<ref>{{cite web\|title=Odisha Government Portal\|url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/calender\|access-date=2020-07-04\|website=Odisha Government Portal}}</ref~~><ref name="TimesOfIndiaMay2016" /~~> as birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Declared by the Odisha C.M. in 2016. Pandit Raghunath Murmu was honoured by Mayurbhanj State Adivasi Mahasabha with the title "Guru Gomke" (The Great Teacher).		In honour of his creation of the [[Ol Chiki script]], every year full moon day on the month of May which is popularly called as "Guru Kunami", "Guru Purnima" and "Basant Kunami" is being observed as an "optional holiday"<ref name="TimesOfIndiaMay2016" /><ref>{{cite web\|title=Odisha Government Portal\|url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/calender\|access-date=2020-07-04\|website=Odisha Government Portal}}</ref> as birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Declared by the Odisha C.M. in 2016. Pandit Raghunath Murmu was honoured by Mayurbhanj State Adivasi Mahasabha with the title "Guru Gomke" (The Great Teacher).

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	[[Pandit]] '''Raghunath Murmu''' (May 5 ~~or 18,~~<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=2012-07-28\|title=:: BCW Department-Govt of West Bengal, Pandit Raghunath Murmu ::\|url=http://www.anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/htm/raghu-murmu.html\|access-date=2020-09-26\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728045829/http://www.anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/htm/raghu-murmu.html\|archive-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> 1905<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Nayak\|first1=Dr. Rajkishore\|title=ପ୍ରଣମ୍ୟ ପୁରୁଷ: ପଣ୍ଡିତ ରଘୁନାଥ ମୁର୍ମୁ\|url=http://suryaprava.co.in/epaper/m/56173/591267e91deb7\|publisher=Suryaprava\|accessdate=15 May 2017\|date=10 May 2017\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627033509/http://suryaprava.co.in/epaper/m/56173/591267e91deb7\|archivedate=2017-06-27}}</ref> – 1 February 1982)<ref name=rm1>{{cite web\|title=Pandit Raghunath Murmu\|url=http://www.anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/htm/raghu-murmu.html \|accessdate=13 November 2015}}{{dead link\|date=July 2020\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> was an [[India]]n [[Santal people\|Santali]] writer and educator, best known as the inventor of the [[Ol Chiki script]] used in [[Santali language]].<ref name="TimesOfIndiaMay2016">{{Cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Naveen-declares-birthday-of-Raghunath-Murmu-a-holiday/articleshow/52329861.cms \|title=Naveen declares birthday of Raghunath Murmu a holiday \|date=May 5, 2016 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522111355/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Naveen-declares-birthday-of-Raghunath-Murmu-a-holiday/articleshow/52329861.cms \|archivedate=2016-05-22 \|website=Times of India \|access-date=2017-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/aug/engpdf/51-52.pdf\|title=Odisha Government Portal\|website=Orissa.gov.in\|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref>		[[Pandit]] '''Raghunath Murmu''' (May 5 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=2012-07-28\|title=:: BCW Department-Govt of West Bengal, Pandit Raghunath Murmu ::\|url=http://www.anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/htm/raghu-murmu.html\|access-date=2020-09-26\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728045829/http://www.anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/htm/raghu-murmu.html\|archive-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> 1905<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Nayak\|first1=Dr. Rajkishore\|title=ପ୍ରଣମ୍ୟ ପୁରୁଷ: ପଣ୍ଡିତ ରଘୁନାଥ ମୁର୍ମୁ\|url=http://suryaprava.co.in/epaper/m/56173/591267e91deb7\|publisher=Suryaprava\|accessdate=15 May 2017\|date=10 May 2017\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627033509/http://suryaprava.co.in/epaper/m/56173/591267e91deb7\|archivedate=2017-06-27}}</ref> – 1 February 1982)<ref name=rm1>{{cite web\|title=Pandit Raghunath Murmu\|url=http://www.anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/htm/raghu-murmu.html \|accessdate=13 November 2015}}{{dead link\|date=July 2020\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> was an [[India]]n [[Santal people\|Santali]] writer and educator, best known as the inventor of the [[Ol Chiki script]] used in [[Santali language]].<ref name="TimesOfIndiaMay2016">{{Cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Naveen-declares-birthday-of-Raghunath-Murmu-a-holiday/articleshow/52329861.cms \|title=Naveen declares birthday of Raghunath Murmu a holiday \|date=May 5, 2016 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522111355/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Naveen-declares-birthday-of-Raghunath-Murmu-a-holiday/articleshow/52329861.cms \|archivedate=2016-05-22 \|website=Times of India \|access-date=2017-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/aug/engpdf/51-52.pdf\|title=Odisha Government Portal\|website=Orissa.gov.in\|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref>

	As well as books of his songs and plays,<ref name="Hembram">{{cite book\|last1=Hembram\|first1=Phatik Chandra\|title=Santhali, a Natural Language\|date=2002\|publisher=U. Hembram\|page=165\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIlkAAAAMAAJ\|language=en}}</ref> Murmu also wrote school text books in the [[Ol Chiki script]].<ref name="Pathy88"/>		As well as books of his songs and plays,<ref name="Hembram">{{cite book\|last1=Hembram\|first1=Phatik Chandra\|title=Santhali, a Natural Language\|date=2002\|publisher=U. Hembram\|page=165\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIlkAAAAMAAJ\|language=en}}</ref> Murmu also wrote school text books in the [[Ol Chiki script]].<ref name="Pathy88"/>

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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Raghunath Murmu
| image = Raghunath Murmu.JPG
| caption = Murmu's stone idol in Odisha Tribal Development Society (OTDS), Bhubaneswar office.
| pseudonym =
| birth_date = Baishakh Kunami, (Full Moon of May)Year1905<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8yNXRtJ4_0 |title=Video |website=www.youtube.com |accessdate=2020-07-04}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Mayurbhanj State]], [[British Raj|British India]]
(present-day [[Mayurbhanj]], [[Odisha]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1982|2|1|1905|5|18}}
| occupation = Ideologist, playwright, and writer
| nationality = Indian
| notableworks =
| subject = [[Ol Chiki alphabet]]
}}

[[Pandit]] '''Raghunath Murmu''' (May 5 or 18,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2012-07-28|title=:: BCW Department-Govt of West Bengal, Pandit Raghunath Murmu ::|url=http://www.anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/htm/raghu-murmu.html|access-date=2020-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728045829/http://www.anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/htm/raghu-murmu.html|archive-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> 1905<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nayak|first1=Dr. Rajkishore|title=ପ୍ରଣମ୍ୟ ପୁରୁଷ: ପଣ୍ଡିତ ରଘୁନାଥ ମୁର୍ମୁ|url=http://suryaprava.co.in/epaper/m/56173/591267e91deb7|publisher=Suryaprava|accessdate=15 May 2017|date=10 May 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627033509/http://suryaprava.co.in/epaper/m/56173/591267e91deb7|archivedate=2017-06-27}}</ref> – 1 February 1982)<ref name=rm1>{{cite web|title=Pandit Raghunath Murmu|url=http://www.anagrasarkalyan.gov.in/htm/raghu-murmu.html |accessdate=13 November 2015}}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> was an [[India]]n [[Santal people|Santali]] writer and educator, best known as the inventor of the [[Ol Chiki script]] used in [[Santali language]].<ref name="TimesOfIndiaMay2016">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Naveen-declares-birthday-of-Raghunath-Murmu-a-holiday/articleshow/52329861.cms |title=Naveen declares birthday of Raghunath Murmu a holiday |date=May 5, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522111355/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Naveen-declares-birthday-of-Raghunath-Murmu-a-holiday/articleshow/52329861.cms |archivedate=2016-05-22 |website=Times of India |access-date=2017-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/aug/engpdf/51-52.pdf|title=Odisha Government Portal|website=Orissa.gov.in|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref>

As well as books of his songs and plays,<ref name="Hembram">{{cite book|last1=Hembram|first1=Phatik Chandra|title=Santhali, a Natural Language|date=2002|publisher=U. Hembram|page=165|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIlkAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> Murmu also wrote school text books in the [[Ol Chiki script]].<ref name="Pathy88"/>

==Early life==
Raghunath Murmu was born in [[Dandbose]] village<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-22|title=उड़िया समझ नहीं आई तो रघुनाथ मुर्मू ने जल-जंगल, जमीन से जुड़े वर्ण गढ़ बना दी लिपि|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/jharkhand/ranchi/news/murmu-prepared-his-script-01418157.html|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref> 6.4 km from [[Rairangpur]], [[Mayurbhanj State]] (now in [[Odisha State|Odisha]]) on 5 or 18 May 1905 (Baisat Kunami{{Clarify|reason=|date=September 2020}}). His father, Nandlal Murmu, was village head and his paternal uncle was [[Munsi]] in the court of King [[Pratap Chandra Bhanjdeo]]. In 1912, he started his education at the Odia-language Gambharia Primary School, 3 km from his village. During his studies he wondered why was the school not operating in the language in which he spoke, Santali. In 1914, he was admitted to Bahalda Primary School, 7 km from his village. In high school at Baripada, he wanted to go Kapi Buru for secret research. In 1925, he created the Ol Chiki script at Kapi Buru.<ref>{{YouTube|id=n8yNXRtJ4_0|title=An Inspiration - a documentary on Pt. Raghunath Murmu}}</ref>

He passed 10th exam in 1928 from Patna University and married Nuha Baskey. Then he started job at [[Baripada]] Power House as an apprentice. After completing his apprenticeship, he went to Kolkata for Technical Education. After completing his education, he enrolled at Baripada College as a teacher and he also joined Badamtalia Primary School.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The first book printed in Ol Chiki was Bindu Chandan, Kherwarbir, Hital (Geet Granth), Sidu Kanhu Hool(Drama). 1st Weekly Magazine was “Sagen Sakam”. In 1942, Swadeshi Andolon Pandit Raghunath Murmu campaign about Ol Chiki script.

On 22 December 2003, Santal language secured a place in the 8th schedule of the Indian constitution.

Murmu passed away on 2 February 1982.<ref name=":0" />

==Honours==
Murmu was honoured by [[Mayurbhanj State]] [[Jaipal Singh Munda#Adivasi Mahasabha|Adivasi Mahasabha]] with the title "Guru Gomke" (the great teacher).<ref name="Pathy88">{{cite book|last1=Pathy|first1=J|title=Ethnic Minorities in the Process of Development|date=1988|publisher=Rawat Book Sellers|isbn=9788170330554|page=174|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z48eAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref><ref name="IL87">{{cite journal|title=Indian Linguistics|date=1987|volume=47-50|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmkaAQAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref>

In honour of his creation of the [[Ol Chiki script]], every year full moon day on the month of May which is popularly called as "Guru Kunami", "Guru Purnima" and "Basant Kunami" is being observed as an "optional holiday"<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha Government Portal|url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/calender|access-date=2020-07-04|website=Odisha Government Portal}}</ref><ref name="TimesOfIndiaMay2016" /> as birthday of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Declared by the Odisha C.M. in 2016. Pandit Raghunath Murmu was honoured by Mayurbhanj State Adivasi Mahasabha with the title "Guru Gomke" (The Great Teacher).

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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn5PjO7c7t4 |title=Pandit Raghunath Murmu & OlChiki Script |date=May 8, 2017 |publisher=Nilay Kumar Murmu (AVEN TARAS) |format=YouTube video |access-date=2017-12-04}}
*{{YouTube|id=n8yNXRtJ4_0|title=An Inspiration - a documentary on Pt. Raghunath Murmu}}

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