{"id":119349,"date":"2024-08-22T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/the-assam-government-proposes-to-make-manipuri-the-associate-official-language-in-three-districts-of-barak-valley-and-hojai-in-central-assam\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T14:29:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:29:43","slug":"the-assam-government-proposes-to-make-manipuri-the-associate-official-language-in-three-districts-of-barak-valley-and-hojai-in-central-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/the-assam-government-proposes-to-make-manipuri-the-associate-official-language-in-three-districts-of-barak-valley-and-hojai-in-central-assam\/","title":{"rendered":"The Assam government proposes to make Manipuri the Associate Official Language in three districts of Barak Valley and Hojai in central Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-112716521,imgsize-915284.cms?fit=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Assam government proposes to make Manipuri the Associate Official Language in three districts of Barak Valley and Hojai in central Assam\" title=\"The Assam government proposes to make Manipuri the Associate Official Language in three districts of Barak Valley and Hojai in central Assam\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"9\">The <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/assam-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assam government<\/a> proposed to make <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manipuri-the-associate-official-language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manipuri the Associate Official Language<\/a> in three districts of <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/barak-valley-cements-ltd\/stocks\/companyid-16927.cms\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barak Valley<\/a> and Hojai in <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/central-assam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">central Assam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->Assam&#8217;s <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/parliamentary-affairs-minister-pijush-hazarika\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika<\/a> tabled The Assam Official Language (Amendment) Bill, 2024 on behalf of Chief Minister <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/panache\/panache-people-101\/himanta-biswa-sarma\/profileshow\/87283349.cms\" rel=\"noopener\">Himanta Biswa Sarma<\/a>, who holds the home department.<\/p>\n<p>In the Statement of Objects and Reasons, Sarma said that a substantial number of people living in the Barak valley and other parts of the state speak <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manipuri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manipuri<\/a> language and there have been persistent demands to officially recognise their language.<\/p>\n<p>The Assam cabinet on February 23 approved Manipuri as the associate official language for four districts of Assam which include Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi and Hojai. <\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken in order to preserve and protect the cultural social and linguistic identity of the Manipuri people in the state of Assam.<br \/><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:2--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/the-assam-government-proposes-to-make-manipuri-the-associate-official-language-in-three-districts-of-barak-valley-and-hojai-in-central-assam\/articleshow\/112716521.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Assam government proposed to make Manipuri the Associate Official Language in three districts of Barak Valley and Hojai in central Assam. Assam&#8217;s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika tabled The Assam Official Language (Amendment) Bill, 2024 on behalf of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who holds the home department. 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