Since coming into power in May 2014, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government has issued a number of official orders, circulars and notifications that it claims are ...

States worry that the imposition of Hindi, the main language of northern India, would wipe out their cultural heritage. By Anupreeta Das Reporting from New Delhi In India, the land of more than a ...

India observes Hindi Diwas on September 14, every year, a day dedicated to honouring the Hindi language, its cultural heritage, and its unifying role in Indian society. However, Hindi's significance ...

When Did Hindi Become Official Language? Hindi became the official language of India on 26 January 1950, the day the Constitution of India came into force. This meant government work at the national ...

A memorial in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, for those who died in the Anti-Hindi imposition agitations in the state, 2011. Credit: Wikipedia/Surya Prakash S.A. On February 19, Udhayanidhi Stalin, the deputy ...

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