At last Urdu has got the status of second official language in Jharkhand. It was the demand of the people of the state as Urdu had the status in undivided Bihar since late 80s.
But after the new state of Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, the demand to give the language its rightful place was ignored. Chief Minister Madhu Koda needs to be congratulated.
He had promised that he would present the Urdu speakers with a gift on Eid-ul-Fitr and on the third day of Eid, he delivered on his promise with the announcement. Though the role of Lalu Prasad Yadav who gave the go-ahead for the decision, needs to be appreciated as well.
The states where Urdu is an official language for administrative use (additional or second language) include Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh (HP).
In Himachal it remains just on papers and was made the official state language when as part to popularise Southern languages in North, Telugu was made an official language in Haryana in the 70s. In Uttaranchal (now again it is christened Uttarakhand) the language is yet to gets the same status.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Second language status to Urdu in Jharkhand
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The State of Jharkhand came into existence on 15th November 2000 as the 28th
state of India. Its name originates from “ Jhar “ which means bushes and
became popular during the British period. Earlier, majority of its area was called
Chota Nagpur which takes its origin from the land of Nagwanshis and find their
description right from the Indus Valley Civilization. The arc of cancer passes
through its capital Ranchi. Now it has 4 commissionaires and 22 districts totaling
an area of 79714 sq km with population of 2,69,09,428( 13th position in India ).
The main source of income is through mining activities.
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