Official names of India

Official names of India

The Constitution of India includes official names of the Republic of India in each of the twenty-three Schedule VIII languages of India [cite web
title =Eighth Schedule
url = http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/EIGHTH-SCHEDULE.pdf
accessdate = 2007-06-26
publisher = "National Informatics Centre (NIC)"
date = 2007
] . Hindi and English (listed in boldface) are the "official languages of the union" [cite web..
title =The Union: Official Language
url = http://india.gov.in/knowindia/official_language.php
accessdate = 2007-06-24
publisher = "National Informatics Centre (NIC)"
date = 2007
] (Union meaning the Union Government located in Delhi). Tamil and Sanskrit are officially classical languages of India.

ee also

* Names of India
* Hindustan

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