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Why Hindi isn't the national language
Constituent Assembly walked a tightrope in choosing the official language for House proceedings, giving primacy to Hindi but avoiding nationalistic pitfalls
Karthik Venkatesh
May 31, 2019 14:22:04 IST
Why Hindi isn't the national language
To begin with, Hindustani was a matter of contention. It was Gandhi’s preferred tongue and a halfway house between Sanskritised Hindi and Persianised Urdu
Among Hindi’s proponents were prominent Congress members such as PD Tandon, KM Munshi, Ravi Shankar Shukla and Sampurnanand
The BJP and its leaders use Sanskritised Hindi as a matter of practice
When the Constituent Assembly met for the first time in December 1946, it had its work cut out. Among the earliest decisions taken by the body was that the proceedings of the House would be conducted in Hindustani and English. This decision in favour of Hindustani was accompanied by unexpected drama and was a portent of things to come.
RV Dhulekar, a member from Jhansi, began to speak in Hindustani before any rules regarding language use had been framed and was promptly admonished by the Chair since many in the Assembly could not understand him. Dhulekar responded with indignation and outrage, claiming that those who did not know Hindustani “had no right to stay in India”. Pacified by Jawaharlal Nehru and the fact that the House later ruled in favour of Hindustani, he piped down.