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"Within the Constituent Assembly of India the language issue was intensely debated." Examine the views put forward by the members of the Assembly on this issue. |
| Answer» <html><body><p></p>Solution :The language issue was intensely <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/debated-7675248" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DEBATED">DEBATED</a> in the Constituent Assembly. <br/> Language issue has always been very hot in India. In India besides the languages included in the eighth schedule, there are several languages. And the speakers of all those languages are very proud of their languages. <br/> Before independence, there was consensus among the national leaders that Hindi should be the national language of Independent India. Mahatma Gandhi was for Hindi in Devanagari script. After Independence, the Constituent Assembly was equally divided between English and Hindi. At the time of independence, only one percent of Indians knew English but still it had been the language of the administration because it was the language of the rulers. It was <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/president-1164158" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PRESIDENT">PRESIDENT</a> Dr. Rajendra Prasad's vote which decided that Hindi would be the national language of India. <br/> In the debate, Mr. Dhulckar argued in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/favour-985586" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FAVOUR">FAVOUR</a> of Hindi. Mr. Frank Antony spoke in favour of English. He said that English was his mother tongue and it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/could-410026" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COULD">COULD</a> not be called a foreign language. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/many-554478" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MANY">MANY</a> members took part in the debate. Hindi was no doubt a language of a big majority. Members argued that it was the lingua franca when people from different parts of India communicated with each other. There were references to Undur whieh was-to be the national language of Pakistan. The members said in Uttar Pradesh, the court proceedings were in Urdu. Some member like Pandit Mitra talked in favour of Sanskrit also At one point Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was irritated. He was English educated. Most of his books were penned in English. He favoured Hindi. Frank Antony said that he had been familiar with Hindi and he had no problem with it. He talked proudly about English. He felt that to communicate with the world we need English. He strongly felt that English was one of the Indian languages. <br/> South Indian members were in favour of English. <br/> They opposed Hindi. <br/> Krishnammachari gave a warning on behalf of the people of South against imposition of Hindi. It was decided that English would continue till Hindi takes its place. <br/> The official communication from the government would be in both the languages.</body></html> | |