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01.11.2015
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The Official Status of English in India
Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi
School of Language & Literature, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu JK, India.
Keywords: National language, official status, multilingual, English, Hindi
Abstract
This paper examines two issues: the ineffectiveness of Hindi as a national language and the status of English in India. This article seeks to answer the questions: why Hindi could not become a national language of India, and the historical, political, and educational issues, responsible for adopting English as an official language in India. This short paper discusses these two issues briefly.
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