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According to Edward Tuite Dalton, "Oraon" is an exonym assigned by neighbouring Munda people, meaning "to roam".They call themselves Kurukh. [15] According to Sten Konow, Uraon will mean man as in the Dravidian Kurukh language, the word Urapai, Urapo and Urang means Man.
Oraon may refer to: Oraon people or Kurukh, an ethnic group of India Oraon language or Kurukh, their Dravidian language; Persons with the surname.
Kurukh (/ ˈ k ʊr ʊ x / or / ˈ k ʊr ʊ k /; [4] Devanagari: कुँड़ुख़, Kurukh pronunciation:), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw, [5] is a North Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people of East India.
Baba Kartik Oraon (born 29 October 1924 – 8 December 1981) [1] was an Indian politician and an Adivasi leader [2] from the Indian National Congress. He also participated in the Indian freedom movement of 1947.
Simon Oraon Minj, popularly known as the Waterman of Jharkhand in the media and Simon Baba among his villagers, is an Indian environmentalist and social worker, who is known to have worked to combat drought in the state of Jharkhand. [1]
Jatra Bhagat (1888–1916) was an Indian tribal freedom fighter and social reformist. He was the founder of Tana Bhagat Movement among the Oraon tribe. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6]Tana Bhagat alias Jatra Oraon was born in September 1888 at Chingari Navatoli village in Gumla district of Jharkhand.
Astam Oraon (born 5 February 2005) is an Indian professional footballer from Jharkhand [1] who plays as a defender for East Bengal in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. She captained the India Under-17 team in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup hosted by India in October 2022.
Oraon wrote a letter to the then-Prime Minister, P. V. Narasimha Rao during his tenure between 1991 and 1996 regarding the condition of the villagers of Sekuapani, a village in Gumla where the artillery shells of army practice drill fell, sometimes hurting the residents.