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Cabinet approves conferring status of Classical Language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and ...

Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved to confer the status of classical language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali languages. The classical languages serve as a custodian of India's ancient cultural heritage, embodying the essence of each community’s historical and cultural milestone.   The government had decided to create a new category of languages as "classical languages" on October 12, 2004, declaring Tamil as a classical language. Among the cri...