1965 Opposition
1965 Opposition
NEW DELHI: India`s decision to impose Hindi upon the country as
its official language has been bitterly opposed and criticized by Indian
leaders and the Press. The largely attended Tamil and anti-Hindi conference at
Tirchirapalli, in a resolution, recorded its strong protest and opposition to
the decision for imposition of Hindi, describing it as `unwise [and] unjust`.
Through another resolution, the conference demanded end of the provision in the
constitution making Hindi in Devanagre script the official language. It urged
use of English as an all-India language to save India from disintegration. The
conference warned that the Hindi programmed would cause delay, inefficiency and
chaos in every office, besides the drain on the public exchequer over the
translation work.
Mr C. Rajagopalachari, who inaugurated the conference, said that the decision of the Government was bringing about division of India into 15 parts. Former Defense Minister, V. K.
Krishna Menon, told a meeting of the Hindi Training College at Trivandrum that he did not accept Hindi as a full-fledged language because it was only a branch of a language. He said he was not opposed to Hindi as such but to the narrow mindedness of Hindi supporters. Mr Menon recalled that the country`s constitution had given equivalent national status to 14 languages. A linguistic expert, Dr S. K. Chatterjee, in his address to All-India Bengali Literary Conference at Cuttack, said it would be detrimental to the cause of national integration if Hindi was imposed upon the country to please north India. Agencies
Mr C. Rajagopalachari, who inaugurated the conference, said that the decision of the Government was bringing about division of India into 15 parts. Former Defense Minister, V. K.
Krishna Menon, told a meeting of the Hindi Training College at Trivandrum that he did not accept Hindi as a full-fledged language because it was only a branch of a language. He said he was not opposed to Hindi as such but to the narrow mindedness of Hindi supporters. Mr Menon recalled that the country`s constitution had given equivalent national status to 14 languages. A linguistic expert, Dr S. K. Chatterjee, in his address to All-India Bengali Literary Conference at Cuttack, said it would be detrimental to the cause of national integration if Hindi was imposed upon the country to please north India. Agencies
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