We are all familiar with the simple questions that we often ask primary school students to test their General Knowledge.
“What’s the national fruit of India?”
Mango.
“What’s the national animal of India?”
Tiger.
“What’s the national language of India?”
Hindi.
Well, don’t be surprised if you encounter the last answer from adults too! It is a popular misconception that Hindi is India’s National Language. It is not!
India is a country of diversity, where thousands of languages and dialects are spoken in al
Many people in India have accepted Hindi as the national language, although there was nothing on record or provision to suggest Hindi is the national language. On 14 September 1949, Hindi was adopted as the official language of the India. The Constitution of India “Article 343 dictates that "the official language of the India shall be Hindi in Devanagari script, “apart from Hindi; English is also recognised as the official language of India.
Hindi and English are used for official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings, judiciary, communications between the Central Government and a State Government. States within India have the liberty and powers to specify their own official language(s) through legislation and therefore there are 22 officially recognised languages in India. So among these languages, it is a very controversial issue and impossible to impose one among these as the national language.
Do we really need a national language?
The use of Hindi has been under discussion since a long-long time between Hindi speakers and other language speakers. This battle started even before independence, as early as the 1930s. The first agitation was between 1937 and 1940 in Tamil Nadu, after that the second one was between 1945 and 1950, in ‘65, in ‘68, in ‘86; this has been an ongoing process without any conclusion. It has emerged every now and then, sparking a lot of controversies and unleashing a lot of hatred. There has not been any major breakthrough in selecting a National Language in so many years.
For so many years now, we have well established ourselves without National Language. Not having a common language has not stopped us from going anywhere in the country or interacting with anyone. The question arises in front of us that, in this global world, where the whole world is eying us, do we really need to have a national language?
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HINDI is the pride of Hindustan, rather the only Hindi language is the identity of Hindustan. None should oppse Hindi being a "Rashtra Bhasha"as all the languages can not get the status of National language. New generation inclined towards English. It's very unfortunate for the future of the nation. Russia is so strict about RUSSIAN that even a single word of English is seen there.Hindi Language is the only means to strengthen the country.According to my personal opinion both the Hindi amd Sanskrit should be taught compulsorily upto 12th class in all the Indian schools in order to preserve Ancient Vedic Indian culture. Thanks