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'''2021–2022 Language Movement in Jharkhand''' is a language movement organized on 2021 in [[Jharkhand]], which is still going on in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=भोजपुरी मगही अंगिका को शामिल करने के विरोध में राज्य के मुख्यमंत्री हेमंत सोरेन का पुतला फुंका |url=https://www.navrashtramedia.com/state/jharkhand/dhanbadbhojpuri-magahi-burnt-effigy-of-chief-minister-hemant-soren-in-protest-against-the-inclusion-of-angika/ |access-date=2 February 2022 |publisher=www.navrashtramedia.com |date=10 January 2022 |archive-date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201191354/https://www.navrashtramedia.com/state/jharkhand/dhanbadbhojpuri-magahi-burnt-effigy-of-chief-minister-hemant-soren-in-protest-against-the-inclusion-of-angika/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The people's demand was expressed to protect the local language and to prevent the aggression of other languages on the local language.<ref name="Telegraph India1">{{cite news |title=Jharkhand State Digest: Language row intensifies |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/jharkhand-state-digest-language-row-intensifies/cid/1849132 |access-date=1 February 2022 |agency=Telegraph India |publisher=www.telegraphindia.com |date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph India"/> Local language rights activists in [[Dhanbad]] and [[Bokaro, Jharkhand|Bokaro]] protested against the inclusion of [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Magahi language|Magahi]] and [[Maithili Language|Maithili]] languages in the state government's list of regional languages for [[Dhanbad]] and [[Bokaro district|Bokaro]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/bokaro/story-people-are-ready-to-fight-for-the-defense-of-their-language-committee-member-5715060.amp.html|title = अपनी भाषा के रक्षार्थ जनता संघर्ष करने को तैयार : समिति सदस्य}}</ref> and launched a series of movements under the banner of ''Jharkhandi Bhasa Bachao Sangharsh Samiti''.<ref name="Telegraph India">{{cite news |title=Language activists fight over inclusion of Magahi and Bhojpuri |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/language-right-activist-fight-over-inclusion-of-magahi-and-bhojpuri-as-regional-language-in-dhanbad-and-bokaro/cid/1848138 |access-date=1 February 2022 |agency=Telegraph India |publisher=www.telegraphindia.com |date=18 January 2022 |ref=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph India1"/> On 30 January 2022, Local language right activists making a 50- km long human chain from Telmachcho to [[Chandankiyari]] in [[Bokaro district|Bokaro]] with intensely protests.<ref name="Telegraph India2">{{cite news |title=Language stir turns violent as agitators call for stringent forms of protest |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/language-stir-turns-violent-as-agitators-call-for-stringent-forms-of-protest/cid/1849803 |access-date=1 February 2022 |agency=Telegraph India |publisher=www.telegraphindia.com |date=30 January 2022}}</ref> The voice of the protesters on that day was "Bahari Bhasa Nei Chalto", means outsiders' languages will not work.<br />
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About five kilometer long torch procession was taken out under the banner of Jharkhand Bhasha Sangharsh Samiti, [[Nawadih]] on Tuesday to protest against making Bhojpuri and Magahi languages as regional languages in Dhanbad-Bokaro. About two thousand youths involved in this raised slogans against the government with torches in their hands.<ref name="Nawadih procession">[https://www.m.jagran.com/lite/jharkhand/bokaro-five-km-torch-procession-in-protest-against-bhojpurimagahi-22431353.html jagran.com]{{dead link|date=February 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Nawadih Deputy Chief Vishwanath Mahato said that in any case the encroachment of language will not be accepted. [[Hemant Soren|Hemant government]], who talks about the soil, is tampering with its culture, language and identity, which will not be tolerated. Protest foot march will be taken out in Nawadih on Wednesday. [[Bokaro district]] general secretary of Mukhiya Sangh, Gaurishankar Mahto said that Jharkhand has been found after a [[Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000|long fight]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The Unrest Axle: Ethno-social Movements in Eastern India edited by Gautam Kumar Bera|pages=60–61|isbn=9788183241458|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qrmTdshzKQC&q=Bihar+State+reorganization+bill&pg=PA60|last1=Bera|first1=Gautam Kumar|year=2008}}</ref> Under no circumstances will the identity of Jharkhand be allowed to be played with.<ref name="Nawadih procession"/><br />
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* [https://www.bbc.com/tamil/articles/cg4krv7qw4yo தமிழ்நாடு போல, இந்தியாவில் வேறு எங்கெல்லாம் மொழி காக்கும் போராட்டம் நடந்துள்ளது தெரியுமா?] - [[:ta:பிபிசி|பிபிசி]]<br />
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