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Can India have a national language?

Updated on Aug 15, 2017 02:57 pm IST

India has 23 official languages, but no national language. While Hindi and Urdu are among the 23, there has been a push to prioritise Hindi and some have even suggested removing Urdu words from textbooks. We talked to some people who use Urdu and Hindi to figure out how they felt.

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