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Something from the Constitution of India
by GrowUpGuys on Nov 30, 2006 12:27 PM

INDIA HAS NO NATIONAL LANGUAGE! ITS OFFICIAL OR REGIONAL. STOP THE NONESENSE NOW!!!

PART XVII
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE OF THE UNION
CHAPTER I.-LANGUAGE OF THE UNION
343. Official language of the Union.- (1) The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script.
The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement.

REGIONAL LANGUAGES
CHAPTER II.-REGIONAL LANGUAGES
345. Official language or languages of a State.-Subject to the provisions of articles 346 and 347, the Legislature of a State may by law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the State or
Hindi as the language or languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes of that State:
Provided that, until the Legislature of the State otherwise provides by law, the English language shall continue to be used for tho

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