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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian leader, writer, and linguist (1919–1986)}}<br />
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| name = Lako Bodra<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = Lako Bodra<br />
| pseudonym = Kol Lako Bodra<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1919|9|19}}<br />
| birth_place = Paseya, [[Khuntipani|Khutpani]], [[West Singhbhum]], [[Jharkhand]],<br />
[[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1986|6|29|1919|9|19}}<br />
| occupation = Poet, Writer, <br />
[[Playwright|Dramatist]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| subject = Writer & Linguistic<br />
| movement = Language & Linguistic Identity with Self determination<br />
| notableworks = {{hlist|Saraswati Gowari |Baha Buru-Bonga Buru |Kol Rule |Halang Halpung |Sahar Hora|Ela ol itu uta|Hora bara|Homoyom puti|Raghu bongsh|Pompo|Ho Bakna|Sishu Halang}}<br />
| website = {{URL|https://lakobodra.ipil.co.in}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Lako Bodra'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com:443/news/JHA-MAT-latest-chakradharpur-news-021503-460102-NOR.html|title=हो समाज ने लाको बोदरा की मनाई पुण्यतिथि- m.bhaskar.com|date=30 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> ({{langx|hoc|𑢵 𑢫𑣃𑣜𑣃 𑢬𑣉𑣚 𑢺𑣁𑣌𑣉 𑢷𑣉𑣔𑣜𑣁}}; 19 September 1919 – 29 June 1986) is the creator of the [[Warang Chiti]] writing system used for writing the [[Ho language]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2012-10-01 |url=https://www.tatasteel.com/media/newsroom/press-releases/india/2012/tata-steel-commemorates-the-birth-anniversary-of-pt-guru-kol-lako-bodra/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802005834/https://www.tatasteel.com/media/newsroom/press-releases/india/2012/tata-steel-commemorates-the-birth-anniversary-of-pt-guru-kol-lako-bodra/ |archive-date=2023-08-02 |title=TATA STEEL COMMEMORATES THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF PT. GURU KOL LAKO BODRA|publisher=[[Tata Steel]] |location=Jamshedpur}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Lako Bodra was born on 19 September 1919 in Paseya village, [[Khuntipani|Khutpani Block]], [[West Singhbhum district|West Singhbhum]], [[Jharkhand]] to a humble and religious family of Lebeya and Jano Kui Bodra. He started his primary education at Badchom Hatu primary school. After completing his primary school he took admission in Purueya primary school. In Purueya he completed his 8th class then his parents sent him to his maternal uncle's home in [[Chakradharpur]]. In Chakradharpur, he was admitted to the Grammar High School in 9th class. After completing his 9th class he went to [[Chaibasa]] for further studies. He took admission in matriculation in District High School, Chaibasa. After completing matriculation there, he moved to [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab]] with the help of Jaipal Singh for further education and attended Jalandhar city college where he graduated in [[Homeopathy]].<br />
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==Professional life and Warang Chiti==<br />
[[File:Warang Chiti.jpg|thumb|Chart of Warang Chiti.|alt=A chart with vowels, a chart with syllables and a chart with numerals.]]<br />
After completing his education he went back home. Then he got a job in [[Indian Railways]] as a clerk and was posted to [[Danguwapasi]]. During his job in railways he invented the Warang Chiti alphabet. For spreading it, he created Adi Samaj (Dupub Huda) in Jodapokhar, [[Jhinkpani]] by help of Mr. Mahati Bandara. Adi Samaj meetings were held in a house in the ACC cement plant colony in Jhinkpani. Near by village people came to the Adi Samaj to become literate in Warang Chiti.<br />
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==Official Website==<br />
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[[Category:Adivasi writers]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:Creators of writing systems]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]]<br />
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