How Hindi became the national language of India?
Hindi became the official language of India on January 26, 1965, although the Constitution of India recognizes English and 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu , Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit. India bridgeAfter the Independence of India from Britain in 1947, the Government of India undertook the standardization of the language. In 1958, “A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi” was published as a result of the work of a govenment-appointed committee. In addition, Hindi spelling was standardized, and a standardized system of transcribing the alphabet was devised.