Question
Download Solution PDFAs per Schedule 8 of the Indian Constitution, how many official languages are there in India?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 22.
Key Points
- The Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution contains a list of 22 languages.
- The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution consists of the following 22 languages:-
- Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithili, and Dogri.
Additional Information
- Of these languages, 14 were initially included in the Constitution. The Sindhi language was added in 1967.
- Thereafter three more languages viz., Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali were included in 1992.
- Bodo, Dongri, Maithili and Santhali are added to the Indian constitution under 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003.
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