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After independence the Constituent Assembly had to discuss the issue of language. Many members believed that the English language should leave India with the British rulers. Its place, they argued, should he taken by Hindi.
Those who did not speak Hindi were of a different opinion. Speaking in the Assembly, T.T. Krishnamachari conveyed "a warning on behalf of people of the South", some of whom threatened to separate from India if Hindi was imposed .on them.
A compromise was finally arrived at: namely, that while Hindi would be the "official language" of India. English would be used in the courts, the services, and communications between one sate and another.
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