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The anti-Hindi-imposition agitations in Tamil Nadu have been ongoing intermittently in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras State and part of Madras Presidency) since the early 20th century.
Jun 4, 2019 · Anti-Hindi imposition protests spread across the state, with college students at the forefront. Chinnasamy of Tiruchi was the first person to immolate himself against imposition of...
- The History of Anti-Hindi Protests in Tamil Nadu
- Reformations in Tamil Nadu
- Concerns of Language Imperialism
- Hindi Imposition Isn’T Just An Imposition of Language
- References
During the first anti-Hindi agitation, many leaders were arrested and two leaders – Natarajan and Thalamuthu lost their lives in the protest. The protest lasted for about three years and finally, Lord Erskine withdrew the bill after the resignation of Congress in 1940. Again after Independence, when Nehru then Prime Minister tried to introduce Hind...
Historically, Tamils have always been fierce protectors of their language and culture and have always taken pride in it. The language has gone through several reformations where sounds and words of Sanskrit origin were either removed or translated to ‘pure Tamil’. Letters that were taken from Grantha script were removed and new letters were created...
There are several reasons why I personally believe Hindi imposition or imposition of any language is a bad idea. All that a government does regarding languages are often discussed under ‘Language Planning’ and ‘Status Planning’ in Linguistics. When a government decides to endorse a language, the language gains more popularity and is assigned some s...
Culture and Language go hand-in-hand. It is quite difficult to discuss one without the other. Philologists and Linguists discuss this with the help of a theory called ‘Linguistic Relativity theory’. The theory of linguistic relativity states that the structure of a language influences the way its speakers conceptualize the world. It helps us see th...
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May 18, 2022 · Political parties across the spectrum oppose the imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu. Anti-Hindi struggle in the State dates back to pre-Independence days.
In Tamil Nadu, the sentiment against Hindi imposition dates back to the pre-Independence period. However, it is the violent protests, which erupted in 1965, with reports of Hindi...
Aug 17, 2024 · Call for action. In 1963, the DMK called for “direct action” against Hindi. The protests gained momentum following the arrest of the party’s founder, C.N. Annadurai, on November 16 in Madras.
Jun 5, 2019 · History of anti-Hindi agitation. The first agitation against the imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu took place in 1937 when the Congress government led by C Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) asked for the introduction of compulsory teaching of Hindi in the schools of the Madras presidency.
