{"id":3991,"date":"2025-03-04T06:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelandshop.in\/coimbatore\/?p=3991"},"modified":"2025-03-04T06:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:13:28","slug":"tns-anti-hindi-narrative-a-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelandshop.in\/coimbatore\/edit\/tns-anti-hindi-narrative-a-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"TN\u2019s Anti-Hindi Narrative: A Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"text-block\" ><div class=\"simple-text size-4\"><p><strong>TN\u2019s Anti-Hindi Narrative: A Timeline <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vehement anti-Hindi row in Tamil Nadu is not new. The historically deep-rooted sentiment dates back to early 20th century, and is deeply entrenched in the psyche of the people.<\/p>\n<p>A look at how it all came to pass:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre-Independence:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1918: <\/strong>Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru seek to unite linguistic groups against the British with a common language \u2013 Hindi. Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) founder Periyar E.V. Ramasamy opposes this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1937: <\/strong>Madras Chief Minister C. Rajagopalachari makes Hindi compulsory in schools. Periyar denounces it as \u201cimposition of Hindi\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1946-1950: <\/strong>Sporadic agitations against Hindi by DK and Periyar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1952<\/strong>: First major anti-Hindi protests break out across Tamil Nadu, seeing Hindi as an assault on its culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1960<\/strong>: Official Languages Act proposes Hindi as national language. Rejected by TN as tensions rise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1968:<\/strong> \u201cThree-language formula\u201d \u2013 English, Hindi and state regional language \u2013 is first introduced. Opposed by then Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1970s-1980s: <\/strong>Ongoing. Tamil Nadu continues to resist Hindi, with DMK leaders like Karunanidhi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2000s-Present:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong>: BJP pushes for Hindi promotion. CM M.K. Stalin reaffirms TN\u2019s opposition to Hindi imposition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020: <\/strong>NEP (National Education Policy) retains three-language formula, but does not impose any language on any state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb 2025: <\/strong>Home Minister Amit Shah\u2019s remarks in Parliament about B.R. Ambedkar \u2013 a champion of Dalits \u2013 sparks a row again.<\/p>\n<p>Activists deface Railway Station Signboard in Pollachi, blackening Hindi name of station.<\/p>\n<p>Much water has flown under the bridge on this issue for over a century.<\/p>\n<p>The function of language should be to unite, not divide. The choice should be left to each state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>Pullout<\/u><\/p>\n<p>One nation, many languages\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-3991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edit","tag-edit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TN\u2019s Anti-Hindi Narrative: A Timeline - Coimbatore - Travel &amp; Shop<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TN\u2019s Anti-Hindi Narrative: A Timeline - Coimbatore - Travel &amp; 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