Except translation, this story has not been edited by achinews staff and is published from a syndicated feed.
New Delhi: The NDA government approved Bengali as a classical language. A total of five languages, including Bengali, were elevated to ‘classical languages’ or ‘classical languages’ in the cabinet meeting on Thursday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee decided on the Centre’s decision. The Prime Minister himself said so on X-Handle.
Most happy to share that Bengali / Bangla has finally received classical language status from the Government of India.
We had been trying to capture this recognition from the Ministry of Culture, GOI and had presented three volumes of research findings in favor of our…
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) October 3, 2024
On 12 October 2004, the Government of India introduced a new type of language as “Classical Language”. Tamil is considered as the first classical language.
Read more: Low pressure in the sea again before Puja, cyclone! When did the storm start? Which districts in the south will float with Kolkata?
Since then, Sanskrit in 2005, Telugu and Kannada in 2008, Malayalam in 2013 and Odia in 2014 were awarded as classical languages respectively. The Committee of Linguistics Experts under the Sahitya Akademi approved the designation of classical languages to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit and Ahmia apart from Bengali in July this year. The Cabinet gave its approval on that day.
Be the first to read the latest news on News18 Bangla.
(Except translation, this story has not been edited by achinews staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
source link https://bengali.news18.com/news/national/bengali-to-get-classical-status-with-5-other-languages-ank-1884702.html