Constitution of India Released in Santhali Language

On 25th December 2025, President Droupadi Murmu released the Constitution of India in the Santhali language.

  • The Santhali language, which was included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution through the 92nd Amendment Act, 2003, is one of the most ancient living languages of India.
  • It is spoken by a significant number of tribal people in Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, and Bihar.
  • It is a member of the Munda branch of the Austroasiatic language family, which is an ancient family of languages spoken across parts of South and Southeast Asia.
  • These languages share common features such as their agglutinative ....
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