Released on 25 December 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Occasion: Good Governance Day + Centenary of Ol Chiki script (developed in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu).

• Dignitaries present: Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal
  The President of IndiaAbout Santhali Language
  Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution via the 92nd Amendment Act, 2003.
• Spoken widely in Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar.
• Written in Ol Chiki script, one of India’s indigenous scripts.

Importance of the Release
First time the Constitution has been published in Santhali.

Promotes linguistic inclusion and empowers tribal communities to access constitutional values in their mother tongue.

Symbolic: India’s first tribal woman President releasing the Constitution in a tribal language.

Strengthens democratic participation and cultural pride among Santhali-speaking citizens.

About The Ol Chiki script:

It is the official writing system of the Santali language, created in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu. It has 30 letters, is written left to right, and is unique because its characters are designed to resemble natural shapes and objects familiar to Santali speakers.

 Key Details about Ol Chiki Script

 Origin & Creator:

• Invented in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu, a social reformer and writer from Odisha.
• Developed specifically for the Santali language, which belongs to the Austroasiatic family.
• Before Ol Chiki, Santali was written in scripts like Devanagari, Bengali, and Odia, but none fully captured its phonetics.