Union Cabinet grants 'classical language' status to five more languages including Marathi, Bengali, Assam

Union Cabinet grants 'classical language' status to five more languages including Marathi, Bengali, Assam

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Category : National Published on: October 05 2024

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  • The Union Cabinet gave its approval to grant classical language status to five Indian languages: Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali, announced Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on 3 October 2024.
  • With this, the number of classical languages in India has increased to 11.
  • The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • India Government decided on 12 October 2004 to create a new category of languages as "Classical Language" under which Tamil was declared a classical language followed by Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Oriya.
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