[4] The process of creating a Santali-language Wikipedia began in 2012 and, later on, picked up momentum in February 2017.

[5] Back in 2012, Wikimedia Bangladesh organized a Wikipedia meetup and workshop with the Santali language community in Dinajpur District of Bangladesh with the goal of launching a Santali language Wikipedia.

[5][8] Following that discussion, a workshop was organized in Dhaka by Wikimedia Bangladesh for the Santali-language community on 30 December 2017.

[6] The Santali-language community from India also participated in that program through online discussion.

Subsequently, another workshop was organized for the Santali-language community in Odisha, India, on 11 March 2018 in collaboration with the Odia Wikimedians User Group.