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Union Cabinet approves classical language status for Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Pali, and Prakrit
Union Cabinet approves classical language status for Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Pali, and Prakrit
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/union-cabinet-decisions-marathi-assamese-bengali-pali-prakrit-get-classical-language-status/article68714789.ece

Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali added as classical languages.

- 2004: Govt decided to create a new category of languages as “classical languages”
- Tamil (2004), Sanskrit (2005), Telugu and Kannada (2008), and Malayalam and Odia (2013-14)
- 2024: more languages added- Maharashtra (Marathi), Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh (Pali and Prakrit), West Bengal (Bengali), and Assam (Assamese)
- Criteria? (1) history over a period of 1500-2000 years (2) ancient literature/texts, (3) literary tradition be original and not borrowed from another speech community;
- Benefit? Govt fund for opening Central Institutes for the given language, more college courses & associated professor jobs.