ONE NATION ONE LANGUAGE
Look at the map carefully...
and don't think one sided.. because you are going to be IAS.
Wikipedia
Context:
• On the occasion of Hindi Divas, the Union Minister of Home Affairs held that if one language can do the work
of uniting the country, then it is the most spoken language, Hindi.
Constitutional provisions:
• Article 29: gives every Indian the right to a distinct language, script & culture.
• Article 343: It is about the official language of the Union of India. According to this Article, it is to be Hindi in
Devnagri script, and numerals should follow the international form of Indian numerals. This Article also
states that English will continue to be used as an official language for 15 years from the commencement of
the Constitution.
• Article 346: It is about the official language for communication between the states and between a state and
the Union. The Article states that the “authorised” language will be used. However, if two or more states
agree that their communications shall be in Hindi, then Hindi may be used.
• Article 347: It gives the President the power to recognise a language as an official language of a given
state,provided that the President is satisfied that a substantial proportion of that state desires that the
language be recognised. Such recognition can be for a part of the state or the whole state.
Important Prelims Pointers
• Hindi is an official language of India.
• Urdu is among the 15 Indian Languages written on the Indian Currency notes. It is one of the official
languages in states like Kashmir, Telangana, UP, Bihar, New Delhi and West Bengal.
• The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) is an autonomous body under the Ministry
of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India. Set up to promote, develop and propagate
Urdu language, Council started its operation in Delhi in 1996.
Eighth Schedule Languages
Language Spoken in the States
1. Assamese :
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
2. Bengla :
West Bengal, Assam and Tripura, Andaman islands and Bangladesh
3. Gujarati Gujarat, Daman and Diu
4. Hindi :
Almost every part of the country including North-Central India
5. Kannada Karnataka
6. Kashmiri Kashmir
7. Konkani:
It is the official language of Goa but spoken in Southern Maharashtra, North Karnataka,
Kerala also.
8. Malayalam :
Southwestern Kerala, Lakshadweep, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
9. Manipuri :
Manipur, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura, Bangladesh and Myanmar
10. Marathi :
In addition to Maharashtra, it is spoken in Goa, Karnataka, Gujarat, Daman and Diu and
Dadar and Nagar Haveli.
11. Nepali :
It is the national language of Nepal. It is also spoken in Sikkim, West Bengal, Northeastern states, Bhutan, Tibet and Myanmar.
12. Odia :
It is mainly spoken in Odisha. It is the official language of the Odisha state.
13. Punjabi :
It is principle language of Punjab but spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan,
Pakistan, USA, Canada and Australia also.
14. Sanskrit :
At present; this language is not spoken in almost any part of India. But it is still spoken in
Mattur (Mathur) village of Karnataka state.
15. Sindhi:
This language is mainly spoken in Gujarat and Sindh province of Pakistan.
16. Tamil :
This is the official language of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It is spoken in Sri Lanka,
Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Vietnam also.
17.Urdu:
It is an additional official language of Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana, Delhi, Bihar, and Uttar
Pradesh. There are 4.81 crores Urdu speakers in India, 1.07 crores in Pakistan, 6.5 lacs in
Bangladesh and 4 lacs in Britain.
18. Telugu:
It is principle language of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. Apart from these states; it
is spoken in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Puducherry and Chhattisgarh also.
19. Bodo:
Bodo or Baro is a Tibetan-Burmese language spoken by Bodo people living in northeast,
Nepal and Bangladesh.
20. Dogri :
Dogri language is spoken in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
Dogri is the dialect of Punjabi.
21. Maithili :
Maithili language is spoken in the northern region of Bihar and Valley of Nepal.
22. Santali :
It is spoken in Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Tripura and Bengal. It is
spoken in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan also.
My Opinion:
I think we are multi cultural country, we have to understand sentiment of all our citizens.
yes Hindi is our national language but we can't force people to accept it as their mother tongue.
Hindi is growing rapidly i hope one day everyone will easily understand Hindi in All India', yes we need to work enough to make Hindi attractive and easy to learn for them who wants to learn it.
It doesn't matter too much , hindi is our national language or not because it is maater for those countries which built on the basis of language.
ex: Italy, Greece...
but our country United on the basis of Culture and History.
yes , I prefer Hindi... i think we should be original
we learn English & others languages to communicate people when we are outside but when we are in home, in your city , in your region and in your country (as much as possible) speak Hindi & be original.
Thank You
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