how many languages are recognised by indian constitution
Languages of India The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists 22 languages,[12] which have been referred to as scheduled languages and given recognition, status and official encouragement. In addition, the Government of India has awarded the distinction of classical language to Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu. Classical language status is given to languages which have a rich heritage and independent nature.
Languages of India In 1946, the issue of national language was a bitterly contested subject in the proceedings of the Constituent Assembly of India, specifically what should be the language in which the Constitution of India is written and the language spoken during the proceedings of Parliament and thus deserving of the epithet "national". Members belonging to the northern parts of India insisted that the Constitution be drafted in Hindi with the unofficial translation in English. This was not agreed to by the drafting Committee on the grounds that English was much better to craft the nuanced prose on constitutional subjects. The efforts to make Hindi the pre-eminent language were bitterly resisted by the members from those parts of India where Hindi was not spoken natively. Eventually, a compromise was reached with Hindi in Devanagari script to be the official language of the union but for "fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution, the English Language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement".[19]
States Reorganisation Act, 1956 The demand for states to be organised on a linguistic basis was developed even before India achieved independence from British rule. A first-of-its-kind linguistic movement started in 1895, in what is now Odisha. The movement gained momentum in later years with the demand for a separate Orissa Province to be formed by bifurcating the existing Bihar and Orissa Province.[5][6] Due to the efforts of Madhusudan Das, the Father of Oriya nationalism, the movement eventually achieved its objective in 1936, when Orissa Province became the first Indian state (pre-independence) to be organised on the basis of common languages.
Civil Services Examination (India) 1.Mathematics 2.Political Science 3.History 4.Public Administration 5.Maithili 6.Geography 7.Philosophy 8.Sociology 9.English 10.Hindi 11.Chemistry 12.Physics 13.Animal Husbandry and veterinary Science 14.Anthropology 15.Botany 16.Civil Engineering 17.Commerce and Accountancy 18.Economics 19.Electrical Engineering 20.Geology 21.Law 22.Management 23.Mechanical Engineering 24.Medical Science 25.Psychology 26.Statistics 27.zoology 28.Assames 29.Bengali 30.Bodo 31.Dogri 32.Gujrati 33.kannada 34.Telugu 35.sindhi 36,Urdu 37.Nepali 38.Oriya 39.Tamil 40.Punjabi 41.Sanskrit 42.Konkani 43.Santhali 44.Marathi 45.Manipuri 46.Kashmiri 47.Agriculture