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As we mark the centenary of the onset of discourse on linguistic unification initiated by Mahatma Gandhi in the undivided India, we are still engulfed in the disparities betrothed to language. Today, we have 22 official languages of national importance but none that is conferred the status of being called the National Language of India.
Though Gandhi respected and appreciated the provincial languages, he did not accord any of them the national language or ‘Rashtrabhasha’ status. He reiterated that “Hindi or Hindustani or even Urdu, could be and was the only possible common medium”