Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.15 Post-independence consolidation

2.15.5 Language politics after 1947: linguistic states and the official language agitation

After independence India resisted linguistic states, gave way when Potti Sriramulu died fasting for Andhra in 1952, redrew the map in 1956 and then settled the Hindi-English question in 1963-67.

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Key terms

  • Dar Commission
  • JVP Committee
  • Potti Sriramulu
  • Andhra State
  • States Reorganisation Commission
  • Fazl Ali
  • Punjabi Suba
  • official language
  • three-language formula
  • anti-Hindi agitation

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