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- PM recently wished the people of Santhal tribe on occasion of Hul diwas using Ol Chiki Script of Santhali language
| Other amendments related to addition of languages in the 8th schedule include-
· 21st Amendment added Sindhi. · 71st amendment added Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali. Trick to remember- 21 +71 = 92 |
- Hul Divas is observed annually on June 30 in memory of tribals — Sidho and Kanhu Murmu — who led the Santhal hul (rebellion) on June 30, 1855, at Bhognadih in Sahebganj district.
- Hul, in the local language, means a movement for liberation.
- The 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act added Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali languages to Schedule VIII to Constitution of India.
- The Ol Chiki script, also known as Ol Chemetʼ, Ol Ciki, Ol, and sometimes as the Santali alphabet, is the official writing system for Santhali.
- It was created in 1925 by Raghunath Murmu.
- Santhali is a Munda language and is spoken mainly in Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, and also in Bangladesh, eastern Nepal and Bhutan.
- There are about 3 million speakers of Santali in India according to 2011 census.
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