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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Movement for recognition of the Nepali language in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox protest<br />
| title = Nepali Language Movement<br />
| partof = [[:Category:Language conflict in India|Language conflict in India]]<br />
| image = भाषा हाम्रो प्राण हो.svg<br />
| caption = ''Bhāṣā hāmrō prāṇa hō'' ({{lang|ne|भाषा हाम्रो प्राण हो}}, <small>[[Literal translation|trans.]] Language is our life</small>), a slogan used during the movement.<br />
| time-end = 20 August 1992<br />
| place = [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]], [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]] and [[Sikkim]] regions of [[India]]<br />
| goals = Recognition of Nepali language in the [[Indian constitution]]<br />
| result = Nepali language listed in the [[Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India]]<br />
| side1 = [[Government of India]]<br />
| side2 = [[Indian Gorkha]]s<br />
}}<br />
The '''Nepali Language Movement''' ({{Langx|ne|नेपाली भाषा आन्दोलन}}) was a political movement in the [[Republic of India]] advocating the recognition of the [[Nepali language]] as a [[Languages with official status in India|language with official status in India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2016 |title=Nepali and Darjeeling: The importance of the language in Gorkhaland movement |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/nepali-language-west-bengal-darljeeling-gorkhaland-movement-gorkha-hills-2766764/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2017 |title=Darjeeling, India's Nepali language hub |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/darjeeling-indias-nepali-language-hub-gorkhaland-sikkim-northeast-west-bengal-4710798/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> On 20 August 1992, the [[Lok Sabha]] passed a motion to add the Nepali language to the [[Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Struggle for Recognition of Nepali Language: A Brief Outline |url=http://www.sikkimexpress.com/news-details/struggle-for-recognition-of-nepali-language-a-brief-outline |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=Sikkim Express |language=en}}</ref> According to an estimate in 2017, in India there about 40 million Nepali-language speaking Indians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chapagain |first=Bhim |date=13 June 2017 |title=Darjeeling locals on warpath after Bengali is made a compulsory subject |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/21757/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=My Republica |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== ''Nepali Bhasa Manyata Diwas'' ==<br />
{{main| Nepali Language Recognition Day}}<br />
Annually, [[Indian Gorkha]]s celebrate [[Nepali Language Recognition Day]] (officially ''Nepali'' ''Bhasha Manyata Diwas'') on 20 August.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dhungel |first=Pankaj |date=21 August 2021 |title=Three decades after recognition, Nepali language struggles for identity |url=http://www.eastmojo.com/news/2021/08/21/three-decades-after-recognition-nepali-language-struggles-for-a-definitive-identity/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=EastMojo |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Darjeeling celebrates Bhasha Diwas |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/darjeeling-celebrates-bhasha-diwas/cid/1881392 |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=The Telegraph (India)}}</ref> The day is celebrated by organizing parades, literary and cultural programmes throughout India in places with significant Nepali speaking population. The same day is also celebrated as the [[Meitei Language Day]] (aka [[Manipuri language day]]) as both Nepali and [[Meitei language]] (officially called [[Manipuri language]]) get the "official language" status at the same time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=English Releases |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=5928 |website=pib.gov.in |quote=Thereafter three more languages viz, Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were included in 1992.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=30th Manipuri Language Day observed : 21st aug21 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=7..210821.aug21 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><br />
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== Sister movements ==<br />
During the same time, there was [[Meitei language movement#Scheduled language movement|Meitei language movement]]. Both the Nepali and Meitei language movements get their goals on the same day, with the declaration of [[Nepali language]] and [[Meitei language]] (officially termed as "[[Manipuri language]]") as the [[official languages of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=English Releases |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=5928 |website=pib.gov.in |quote=Thereafter three more languages viz, Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were included in 1992.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=30th Manipuri Language Day observed : 21st aug21 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=7..210821.aug21 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><br />
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== Current movements ==<br />
There is also an ongoing movement to create a Nepali-speaking [[Gorkhaland movement|Gorkhaland state]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India – Gorkhaland |url=http://countrystudies.us/india/78.htm |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=Country Studies}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Daniyal |first=Shoaib |date=30 September 2017 |title=Reviving Gorkhaland: How language identity and ethnic strife is driving violence in Darjeeling |url=https://scroll.in/article/840456/reviving-gorkhaland-how-language-identity-and-ethnic-strife-is-driving-violence-in-darjeeling |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Gorkhaland Territorial Administration]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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* {{Cite web |last=Chhetri |first=Rasik |title=Nepali 'Bhasa Andolan': Re-telling the Story (Nepali Language Movement) |url=https://www.indiangorkhas.in/2015/08/nepali-bhasa-andolan-re-telling-story.html |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=Indian Gorkhas}}<br />
* {{Cite web |last=Desk |first=TheDC News |date=12 November 2017 |title=Nepali 'Bhasa Andolan': Re-telling The Story |url=https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/nepali-bhasa-andolan-re-telling-story/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=The Darjeeling Chronicle |language=en-GB}}<br />
* {{Cite web |date=18 August 2018 |title=SPECIAL ARTICLE: Darjeeling’s Nepali Bhasha Andolan, Circa 1960s – Part II |url=https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/special-article-darjeelings-nepali-bhasha-andolan-circa-1960s-part-ii/ |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=The Darjeeling Chronicle |language=en-GB}}<br />
* {{Cite web |title=Nepali becomes one of the official languages of India |url=https://nepalilanguage.org/success-stories/nepali-an-official-language-of-india |access-date=19 October 2022 |website=Nepali language}}<br />
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