The Gujral Committee Report - Language in India

PRESS PRESS NOTE NOTE ISSUED ISSUED BY BY THE THE MINISTRY MINISTRY
MINISTRY
OF OF HOME HOME AFFAIRS, AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT OF
OF
INDIA INDIA DATED DATED JULY JULY JULY 14, 14, 1958,
1958,
CONTAINING CONTAINING STATEMENT STATEMENT ON ON
ON
LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE
number of representations have been received from the Anjuman-e-Tarraqi-e-Urdu Hind urging that Urdu should officially be recognised in various territories where it is prevalent among considerable sections of the population. In particular, various A
have been made for the encouragement of Urdu and the grant of facilities for instruction and examination in the Urdu language. As it appears from these representations, as well as from other sources, that there is considerable proposals
on this issue, it is desirable that this misunderstanding should be misunderstanding
and the position of Urdu as laid down in the Constitution and in various announcements made by the Government and by the Provincial Education Minister's Conference, be re-stated and clarified. removed
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language. But it is true that Urdu has certain distinctive features, apart from the script in which it is usually written, and differs not only in literary style but to some extent in its vocabulary from Hindi, being influenced by various cultural currents that came to India from other countries. But it is essentially a language of our country, and its homeland is India. The Constitution has recognised this basic fact by including Urdu among the
on Urdu