TH
, Linguistic States
In 1947, the boundaries of several old States of India were
changed in order to create new States. This was done to ensure
that people who spoke the same language Lived in the same
State. Some States were created on the bases of culture,
ethnicity or geography.
HOW IS
FEDERALISM IS
PRACTICESD?
Language policy Hindi was
identified as the official
language. There are 21 other
languages recognised as
Scheduled Languages by the
Constitution. The Central FEDERALISM
Government responded by
agreeing to continue the use
of English along with Hindi for
official purposes.
D
, What is Federal
Federalism is a system of g
which the power is divide
central authority and variou
units of the coun