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S2E7: The National Language Puzzle in India

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Languages in the Constitution of India

When the final and third reading of the draft constitution started on eighteenth, november 19 forty nine, none might have expected that members would raise the language issue again. The same day, gokul by dolatram bat rose to speak. He told the house that when the language question came for discussion in the house, he was not present on the day. This was the first manifestation of reginal linguistic identity in the country. And much more was to follow later.

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