Originally posted by: ponymo
Hindi is not India's national language. India has no national language; 22 languages have the official status, such as English, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Manipuri, etc. and Hindi is just one of them.
For such a proud nationalist, you seem to have very little knowledge of your own country.
There is no national language in India.[2] Part XVII of the Constitution of India designates Hindi as the official language of the Union and a clause "or in English" is added for carrying out daily official work[3][4]. The article 343, point 1, specifically mentions that, "The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devnagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals."[4] English is used in official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings, judiciary, communications between the Central Government and a State Government. States within India have the liberty and powers to specify their own official language(s) through legislation. In addition to the official languages, the constitution recognises 22 regional languages, which includes Hindi but not English, as scheduled languages, that are not be confused with official status of the Union. The number of native Hindi speakers is about 25% of the total Indian population; however, including dialects of Hindi termed as Hindi languages, the total is around 44% of Indians, mostly accounted from the states falling under the Hindi belt. Other Indian languages are each spoken by around 10% or less of the population.[5][6]
So there..It is the official language of the union and spoken and understood by majority
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