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. …
SKMU-Dumka Sido Kanhu Murmu University, S P College Road, Dumka, Jharkhand-814101 (Ph: 06434-223006, Fax: 06434-222495) Department of Santali: 1. Dr Nikodimus Tudu, Lecturer and Head …
The initial euphoria was immense to see Santali Syllabus finalized and published by Union Public Service Commission. It was a feat hitherto considered as unachievable. The persons with no…
There are more than five hundred tribes and subtribes in various parts of our country1. Out of them the Santals constitute one of the largest2 proto-Austroloid3 aboriginal4 tribes of India. They …
Badal Hembram Born in 1958 in Kaiti village of Burdwan, West Bengal, Badal Hembram holds Bachelor degree. Besides Santali, he knows Bengali, Engilish and Hindi. He started his career as an…
Jadumani Besra Jadumani Besra was born in 1964, in Village Karanjia, Dist. Mayurbhanj, Orissa. He is a graduate in Commerce from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. Apart from the Santali langua…
Kherwal Soren was born in 1957 at Raghunathpur, Post office Bela Tikri, Medinipur, West Bengal. After his graduation from Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya, he took his Masters in Political Science from…
Aditya Kumar Mandi Aditya Kumar Mandi was born on 19 January 1974. Village: Burughutu, post: Choutar, via: Serenga, Dist: Bankura, West Bengal CISF Unit, FSTPP (F), Qtr No. A-580, pos…
Parimal Hembram Born in 1957 on the second day of February in a Tribal family in the village of Sankaria, P.O.: Choutar, P.S.: Sarenga in the district of Bankura, West Bengal, now settle…
Music and Dance Tirio: The instrument most favoured by Santals, is bamboo flute with seven holes. It is viewed as a symbols of love and seduction. Dhodro banam: is a bowed instrument carv…
Prevention of Atrocities Act The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was enacted by the Parliament of India (Act 33 of 1989), to prevent atrocities against schedul…
Santali Diasporas There were no written histories and documents about SANTALS until recent centuries. They have been preserved and passed on through the generations by spoken word in the for…
Santali Language Inclusion of Santali language in VIIIth schedule of the Constitution of India – The Hype and The Reality -Dr Santosh Besra The inclusion of Santali language is merely …
Administration The cultural analysis of the Santal village administration would pave the way for a clear understanding of the economic and political stratification and their history and evolu…
Neem Daka Birth When Santal women get pregnant, she and her husband observe certain taboos. The husband during his wife’s pregnancy never kills any animal nor participates in any fu…
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