"I have written a letter to the Prime Minister. We have done research and assembled scientific facts that show that the Bengali language originated in the last 2.5 thousand years. We feel that this deserves to be classified as a classical language by the government," West Bengal Chief Minist
Karimganj (Assam) [India], October 21 (ANI): A village in Assam is known as 'Sanskrit Village' as all the people here have been speaking this ancient and classical language since 2015.
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Maharashtra Industries Minister Subhash Desai met Union Minister G Kishan Reddy in Delhi with a demand to grant classical language status to Marathi.
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that an interministerial consideration is underway to select Marathi as classical language and a "positive decision" will come soon.
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday urged the government to give Bengali language the status of a "classical language" in the country.
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, pleading to lodge a protest from the state for not accomodating Bengali language in the list of classical languages of New Education Policy (NEP).
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday wrote to PM Narendra Modi urging him to make Bengali a classical language in the government's New Education Policy.
Nellore [India], Jan 20 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday called for preservation and promotion of classical languages as they provide the window to civilisational values of ancient India.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP TKS Elangovan on Monday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling Tamil an ancient language and said he should convince his government of the same.
New Delhi [India], Mar. 06 (ANI): Shiv Sena MPs on Tuesday staged a protest inside Parliament premises urging the government to declare Marathi as a classical language.