kannada was the 1st indian language to be declared as classical language.
kannada was the 1st indian language to be declared as classical language.
1st indian language to be declared as classical language?
kannada
the tamil purism movement successfully lobbied for tamil to be declared a "classical language" (uyarthanichemai) of india in 2006, a status also accorded to sanskrit in the indian constitution. this gave rise to the centre for the study of tamil as a classical language in chennai, but it took another year to obtain official tamil translations in tamil nadu courts.









































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bullet::::- anti-hindi agitations









































bullet::::- tamil nationalism









































bullet::::- devaneya pavanar









































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bullet::::- the primary classical language of the world









































section::::references.
tanittamil iyakkam
odia is the dominant language of odisha. odia is the only major classical language in east india and sixth indian language to be considered as a classical language in the basis of being old and not borrowed from other languages.









































according to indian national mission for manuscripts, after sanskrit, odia has the second-highest number of manuscripts. as per records there are around 2.13 lakhs ancient manuscript in odia. in the list bengali is in 9th position with 15412 ancient manuscripts.
east india