hindi was made the national language of india in 1950.
when was hindi made national language of india?
1950
the adoption of english as official language along with hindi was heavily criticized by pro-hindi politicians like jana sangh's founder syama prasad mookerjee, who demanded that hindi should be made national language. soon after the constitution was adopted on 26 january 1950, efforts were made to propagate hindi for official usage. in 1952, the ministry of education launched a voluntary hindi teaching scheme. on 27 may 1952, use of hindi was introduced in warrants for judicial appointments. in 1955, in-house hindi training was started for all ministries and departments of the central government. on 3 december 1955, the government started using hindi (along with english) for ""specific purposes of the union"".
anti-hindi agitations of tamil nadu
pt. shukla had a strong conviction of the importance of the role of hindi as a national language, for the pride of the country and the natural convenience it could bring to the child entering school vis a vis english as a medium of teaching. he always took the lead and constantly pursued the cause of hindi as the national language. no one had realised it then that, the impact of the zest of pandit shukla for incorporating hindi into the mainstream of the nation as a working language throughout educational, administrative and legislative wings, would in future see almost all government offices in the country using the language. the parliament of india then adopted hindi as the national language. in 1916 was held the seventh session of antar bhartiya sammelan of hindi at jabalpur, in which pt. shukla participated. after its success, he launched madhya pradesh hindi sahitya sammelan and held its first session at raipur in 1918. in the fifth session of the sahitya sammelan, held at nagpur in march 1922, he for the first time proposed to incorporate hindi instead of english as raj bhasha.
ravishankar shukla