Examine the views of Mahatma Gandhi on the question of a ‘National Language’ for the country.
The views of Mahatma Gandhi on the question of a ‘National Language’:
(i) Mahatma Gandhi felt that everyone should speak in a language that common people should speak in a language that common people could easily understand.
(ii) Hindustani-a blend of Hindi and Urdu- was a popular language of a large section of the people of India.
(iii) It was a composite language enriched by the interaction of diverse cultures.
(iv) This multi-cultural language, Gandhi thought, would be the ideal language of communication between diverse communities: it could unify Hindus and Muslims, and people of the north and the south.