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India After Independence
Describe the debate which had taken place in the constituent Assembly regarding language.
The constituent Assembly debate:
(i)Many members of the Constituent Assembly believed that the English language should be driven out of India with the British rule. They were of the opinion that Hindi should take place of English language.
(ii)However, those who did not speak Hindi were of different opinion. T.T. Krishnamachari on behalf of the people of the south strongly opposed Hindi. Some threatened to separate from India if Hindi was imposed on them.
(iii)Finally, a compromise was made. It was decided that while Hindi would be the ‘official language’ of India, English would be used in the courts, the services, and communications between one state and another.
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Economic planning by which both the state and the private sector played a role in development was called a ___________ model.
The death of ________ sparked off such violent protests that the government was forced to give into the demand for linguistic state of Andhra.
At independence, the majority of Indians lived in villages.
The Constituent Assembly was made up of members of the Congress Party.
In the first national election, only men were allowed to vote.
The Second Five Year Plan focused on the development of heavy industry.
What did Dr. Ambedkar mean when he said that “In politics we will have equality, and in social and economic life we will have inequality'?
After Independence, why was there a reluctance to divide the country on liguistic times?
Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after Independence.
How was the economic development of India visualised in the early decades after Independence?
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