Murmu

Notable people

• Droupadi Murmu is an Indian politician who is the current President of India belongs to Murmu clan of Santal.
• Anthony Murmu, an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Rajmahal, Bihar as a member of the Janata Party.
• Bhagwat Murmu social worker, first recipient of Padma Shri Award among Santal People, awarded on 16 March 1985 Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly, 1957-1962.
• Bhairav Murmu another sibling of great leader Sidhu Kanhu who also led the Santhal rebellion
• Chami Murmu, a recipient of Nari Shakti Puraskar award in 2020.
• Chand Murmu sibling of great leader Sidhu Kanhu who also led the Santhal rebellion
• Chandrani Murmu is an Indian politician, a youngest Indian Member of Parliament, from Keonjhar, Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal.
• Durga Murmu is an Indian politician. He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Phansidewa as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
• G. C. Murmu, Indian Administrative Service officer
• Hemlal Murmu, Indian politician and former MP from Rajmahal in 14th Lok Sabha
• Jauna Murmu, Indian sprint runner and hurdler
• Joyel Murmu is an Indian politician.
• Sidhu Murmu, a leader of the Santhal rebellion
• Khagen Murmu, an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from Maldaha Uttar.
• Naresh Chandra Murmu Chief Scientist and Director of CSIR - Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Durgapur, West-Bengal, India. He was also acting Director of CSIR - National Metallurgical Laboratory Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
• Nathaniyal Murmu was an eminent Santal Social Reformer.
• *Nathaniyal Murmu Memorial College, a college at Tapan in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India.
• Paika Murmu was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Rajmahal, Bihar as a member of the Indian National Congress.
• Paresh Murmu is an Indian politician member of All India Trinamool Congress.
• Rabindranath Murmu is an Indian Santali language writer from Jharkhand. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2012.
• Raghunath Murmu, Indian linguist, inventor of the Ol Chiki script used in Santali language
• *Nayagram Pandit Raghunath Murmu Government College in Baligeria, West Bengal, India
• *Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital, a Medical college and hospital in Baripada, Odisha, India
• *Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya, a college in Baragari, Bankura, West Bengal, India
• *Pandit Raghunath Murmu Teachers Training College, a Training School in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
• *Pandit Raghunath Murmu Tribal University in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
• *Pt. Raghunath Academy Of Santali Cinema & Art, an academy formed to promote and develop Santali films, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
• Rupchand Murmu, Indian politician, former MP
• Sadhu Ramchand Murmu, a Santali Writer. His contributions are Sari Dhorom Serenj Puthi, Lita Godet, Sonsar Phend, Isror, Ol Doho Onorhe, Indian socio-political activist, former MP from Mayurbhanj
• Sidha Lal Murmu was an Indian politician.
• Sonu Murmu
• Kanhu Murmu, a leader of the Santhal rebellion
• *Sidho Kanho Birsha University in West Bengal, India
• *Sidhu Kanhu Birsa Polytechnic in Keshiary, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India
• *Sido Kanhu Murmu University in Jharkhand, India
• Phulo Murmu & Jhano Murmu, Two sisters, Heroines of India’s Freedom movement
• *Phulo Jhano Murmu College of Dairy Technology
• *Phulo Jhano Murmu Medical College and Hospital, a Medical college and hospital in Dumka, Jharkhand, India
• Tilka Majhi was a notable tribal leader and revolutionary from present-day Bihar and Jharkhand, recognized as one of the earliest figures to rebel against British colonial oppression in India.
• *Tilka Majhi Bhagalpur University, formerly Bhagalpur University, is a public university in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India.