
Indian Santali writer and school principal, traffic collision · Died March 28, 2026
Veer Pratap Murmu, an Indian Santali writer and school principal, died on March 28, 2026, following a traffic collision.
He was also a translator, social worker and government school teacher from Jharkhand. Born on October 5, 1966, in Fufardi Baredih village in what is now Jharkhand, he grew up in a Santali-speaking family and developed an early interest in Santali language and literature.
Murmu completed his postgraduate education and later joined government service as a primary school teacher. He received the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2023 for his Santali translation Kira of Munshi Premchand’s Hindi novel Pratigya.
Veer Pratap Murmu (5 October 1966 – 29 March 2026) was an Indian Santali writer, translator, social worker and government school teacher from Jharkhand. He received the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2023 for his Santali translation Kira of Munshi Premchand’s Hindi novel Pratigya.