ln article 343 of the indian constitution, 1 language was recognized.
ln article 343 of the indian constitution, 1 language was recognized.
ln article 343 of the indian constitution, how many languages were recognized?
1
beohar rajendra simha along with hazari prasad dwivedi, kaka kalelkar, maithili sharan gupt and seth govind das who even debated in parliament on this issue. as such, on the 50th birthday of beohar rajendra simha on 14 september 1949, the efforts came to fruition following adoption of hindi as the official language. this decision was ratified by the constitution of india that came into effect on 26 january 1950. under the article 343 of the indian constitution, hindi written in devanagari script was adopted as the official language. in all, there are 22 scheduled languages of india, of which, two are officially used at union government of india level: hindi and english.
hindi divas
article 343 of the indian constitution stated that the official language of the union should become hindi in devanagari script instead of the extant english. later, a constitutional amendment, , allowed for the continuation of english alongside hindi in the indian government indefinitely until legislation decides to change it. the form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the union were supposed to be the international form of indian numerals, distinct from the numerals used in most english-speaking countries. despite the misconceptions, hindi is not the national language of india. the constitution of india does not give any language the status of national language.
languages of india