TOPIC:- LINGUISTIC CONFLICTS IN INDIA

PRESENTED BY:- VISHAL KUMAR

INCHARGE:- MR. ROHIT SOOD
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 CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Causes
• Linguistic Conflicts In India
1. Before Independence
2. After Independence

• Effects
 INTRODUCTION
Language
Language Is A Fact That Does Not Change With
Time Or Place. It Varies From Person To Person. In
This Way, It Create Difference Among The People.
Because Of This People Consider Themself Different
From Another. As A Consequent, Linguistic Conflicts
Occur.
 Place Of Language In India
A Common Language In India Could Be A Powerful
Basis For National Unity. But According To Census
Of 1951 There Were 844 Languages In India.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN INDIA LANGUAGES INCLUDED IN CONSITUTION
 CAUSES
GEOGRAPHICAL
CAUSES

POLITICAL HISTORICAL
CAUSES
CAUSES

EMOTIONAL ECONOMIC
CAUSES CAUSES
 LINGUISTIC CONFLICTS IN INDIA
• Approximately 1600 Languages Are Spoken In
India And 23 Are Introduced In Our
Constitution.
• Hindi Is Consider As Our National Language.
• English Is Consider As An International
Language. And Used For Foreign Trade And
Relations.
BEFORE INDEPENDENCE

BENGALI
LANGUAGE
MOVEMENT
HINDI URDU
CONFLICT

ANTI HINDI
 ANTI HINDI AGITATION
IN TAMIL NADU(1937-40)

• In 1937 British's And Congress Government

Decided To Considered Hindi As A Main
Language Of Tamil Nadu’s Schools. But The
People Of Tamil Nadu Did Not Like This. They
Were Against The Hindi Language. The Main
Leader Of This Movement Was Killed. But The
People’s Courage Was Not Broken. In The Year
1940, Government Had To Change Their
Decision.
 HINDI URDU CONFLICT
1900-1950

• Hindi And Urdu Got Equal Status in the year

1900.In 1950 Hindi Was Consider As An
Official Language And Urdu Was Consider As
Another Regional Language. In The End Of 19th
Century ,The Effect Of This Conflict Was Seen
In The North-western Provinces Of India. In
This Way Stress Remain For A Long Time In
That Areas.
MADAN MOHAN MALVEEYA
SUPPOTER OF HINDI

SYAYED AHMAD KHAN

SUPOTTER OF URDU
BENGALI LANGUAGE MOVEMENT
1940-1950

• This Movement Was

Started In 1940 When
The Hindi Language
Was Forcibly Forced On
The People Of Speaking
Bengali Language . The
People Of This Region
Made Objection. As A
Result The Linguistic
Conflict Ended Till 1950.
 AFTER INDEPENDENCE
3.MAHARASHTR
1.TELGU 2.HIMACHAL A&
CONFLICT CONFLICT GUJRAT
CONFLICT

4.KASHMIR CONFLICT

5.PUNJAB & 6.NORTH-

HARYANA 7.TELANGANA
EASTERN
CONFLICT CONFLICT
CONFLICT
 TELGU LINGUISTIC CONFLICT
1953-1956

• Earlier Telgu And Tamil People Were Live

Together. But Later the People of Speaking
Telgu Language Demanded For A Separate
State As A Result Indian Government Created
A New State Andhra Pradesh In 1956 On The
Basis Of Language. For Telgu People Under
The Reorganization Act 1956.
 HIMACHAL LINGUISTIC CONFLICT
1953-1970

• Himachal Pradesh Also

Got Separated From
Punjab On The Basis Of
Language In 1953.
Earlier Himachal Was
Declared An Union
Territory Before 1970
And It Was Considered
As A Separated State On
27 Jan 1970.
 MAHARASHTRA & GUJRAT CONFLICT
1960

• The Separation Of
Maharashtra & Gujarat
Was Also Done On The
Basis Of Language. Both
The States Consider Their
Language Better Than The
Another. Separation Had
Done Between These Two
States In 1 May 1960 And
Two New States Were
Formed.
 KASHMIRI LANGUAGE CONFLICT
• Kashmiri Language Was
Spoken In Kashmir
State, So The People Of
Kashmir Wanted To
Emerged In Pakistan Or
Create A New Country
From India. But Indian
Government Rejected
Their Demands. As A
Result Kashmir Was
Included In India.
 PUNJAB HARYANA CONFLICT
1966

• Punjab And Haryana Had

Many Disputes In Their
Past. Linguistic Conflict
Was One Of These . This
Was Creating Difference
Between Punjab And
Haryana. 1 Nov 1966
Government Had Decided
To Separate These States
On The Basis Of
Language.
 NORTH-EAST CONFLICT
• Since India Got Independence Numbers Of
Conflicts Occurred In The North-eastern States Of
India On The Basis Of Language, religion & Caste.
The Reason Behind These All, There Were Many
People Residing There Have Different Caste,
religion & Languages. As A Result The People Of
North-east Demanded Separation From India,
Because People Faced Many Problems Like
Naxalisam , terrorism Etc. The Result Of This
Indian Government Considered Hindi Is An
Official Language To Sort-out This Major Problem
 TELANGANA MOVEMENT
2014

• This Is The Most Recent Linguistic Conflict

Occur In India. This Movement Was Started By
The People Of Telgu Who Lived In Andhra
Pradesh. They Demanded For A Different State
For Telgu People. This Conflict Take Long Time
In The End U.P.A Government Passed A Bill In
20 Feb 2014 At Rajya Sabah . And 2 June 2014
Telangana Becomes A New State Of India On
The Basis Of Language.
TELANGANA MOVEMENT
 EFFECTS
• Increasing Regionalism And Parochialism.
• Formation Of Regional Political Parties.
• Persecution Of Linguistic Minorities.
• Demand For Separate States.
• Erosion Of National Feelings.
• Inter-state Border Disputes