The Union cabinet on thursday approved the conferral of ‘Classical Language’ status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali. With this new addition, the total number of languages with Classical language status will nearly double from six to eleven. The languages that already had this status were Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Odia. The decision was taken at a meeting of the cabinet chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi.
“This is a historical decision and this decision goes very well with prime minister Narendra Modi and the nda government’s philosophy of taking ride in our culture, taking pride in our heritage and taking pride in all the indian languages and the rich heritage that we have,” Information and Broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at a cabinet briefing. “Our government cherishes and celebrates India’s rich history and culture. We have also been unwavering in our commitment to popularizing regional languages,” Modi said.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also took to X to thank prime minister Narendra Modi and the Union cabinet for granting Classical language status to Assamese. West bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee also welcomed the Central Government’s decision to include bengali as a classical language.
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