“Promotion of Hindi continues to be the official policy of the Government of India”. Elucidate.
- Our Constitution did not give the status of national language to any one language.
- Hindi was identified as an official language, but it is the mother tongue of only about 40 percent of Indians.
- Besides Hindi, official work was conducted in English as well.
- According to the Constitution, the use of English for official purposes was to stop in 1965. But many non-Hindi-speaking states demanded that the use of English be continued.
- In Tamil Nadu, this movement took a violent form. The Central government responded by agreeing to continue the use of English along with Hindi for official purposes.
