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Terminalia chebula, belongs to a family Combretaceae, is a native of South Asia. The fruit of this plant is one among triphala of ayurveda. This tribal medicine is used to treat for various diseases like throat infections, cellulitis, ear infections and oral infections which are caused by microorganisms. Antibacterial activities of Terminalia chebula extracts against several bacterial strains have been reported. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the possible antimicrobial potential of Terminalia chebula fruit extracts in acetone, ethanol, methanol and water against five streptococci bacteria. Five bacteria i.e., Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella boydii, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus faecalis were tested using blood agar as the medium by agar well diffusion and microdilution method. Only methanol extracts showed antibacterial activity against all five species. 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