Meitei Language Day: Difference between revisions

'''Meitei Language Day''' ({{lang-mni|ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟꯒꯤ ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ|Meitei Longi Numit}}; /mei-tei lon-gee noo-meet/), also known as '''Manipuri Language Day''' ({{lang-mni|ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟꯒꯤ ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ|Manipuri Longi Numit}}; /ma-nee-poo-ree lon-gee noo-meet/), is observed annually on "20 August". It is a commemoration of the day on which [[Meitei language]] (officially known as [[Manipuri language]]) was included in the [[Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India]] and made one of the [[languages with official status in India]] on the 20th August, 1992.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhardwaj |first=R. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXj69CpMnF4C&q=manipuri%20language%20included%20in%20scheduled%20language%20august%2020&pg=PA189 |title=Legislation by Members in the Indian Parliament |date=1994 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=978-81-7023-409-8 |pages=189 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Khullar |first=D. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqE_DAAAQBAJ&q=manipuri%20language%20included%20in%20scheduled%20language%20august&pg=PA188 |title=Geography Textbook |publisher=New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-5041-243-5 |pages=188 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhattacharyya |first=Rituparna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DEZ1EAAAQBAJ&q=manipuri%20eighth%20schedule%20august%2020&pg=PT209 |title=Northeast India Through the Ages: A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Prehistory, History, and Oral History |date=2022-07-29 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-62390-1 |pages=209 |language=en}}</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 |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-20 |title=Manipuri Language Day observed in Manipur - Eastern Mirror |url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/manipuri-language-day-observed-in-manipur/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=easternmirrornagaland.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>