Hindi Imposition by Indian Government and Opposition in Tamil Nadu
(Reason, consequences, examples and history)
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Quotes on Hindi Imposition-1 (from General K. M. Kariappa, C. Rajagopalachari, First Governor-General of India, and Pattom Thanu Pillai, Former Chief Minister of Kerala State), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 1999 (5 KB)
A Chronology of Anti-Hindi Agitations in Tamil Nadu and What the Future Holds (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2003 (33 KB)
How India's Official Language Policy is Hurting Non-Hindi Peoples (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2003 (21 KB)
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19970901 Why Gowda Went Out, and Gujral Came In As The Prime Minister? (by Usha Ramanathan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 1997 (11 KB) (h, hi)
Usha Ramanathan explores the political drama of how Hindi politicians ousted H. D. Deve Gowda and installed I. K. Gujral as Indian Prime Minister because of their perception that Deve Gowda was lukewarm on Hindi propagation. A good example of the power of Hindi politicians in Indian politics.
19971002 The Day a Hindi Fanatic was dragged out of the Closet (by P. Kumaresan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, October 1997 (8KB) (h)
19971101 Thou Shalt Know Hindi! (Hindia or India?) (by Lalitha Krishnan Nair), TAMIL TRIBUNE, November 1997 (8 KB) (h)
Two instances of Hindian arrogance are recounted. One by a Hindian visitor to Tamilnadu and another by a politician in an Indian Airlines flight.
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19980102 Hindi and Computers (by P. Kumaresan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 1998 (8 KB) (h)
"If computerization has to spread in India, it has to be done in Hindi", said the Director of Bhaba Atomic Research Center in 1988. What is wrong with that statement?
19980302 Karunanidhi for Prime Minister? (by K. Chezhian), TAMIL TRIBUNE, March 1998 (8 KB) (h, p)
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19980401 Chief Minister Karunanidhi Dances on the Graves of Anti-Hindi Martyrs (by K. Chezhian), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 1998 (10 KB) (h, p)
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19980602 Hindi Imposition through Indian Embassies (by Parameshwari Balakrishnan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 1998 (7 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
19980703 Mulayam Singh Yadav on English and Hindi (A Brief Note) (by P. Kumaresan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 1998 (5 KB) (h)
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19981202 Indian Interference into Tamil Movies (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 1998 (12 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
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19990101 Quotes on Hindi Imposition-1 (from General K. M. Kariappa, C. Rajagopalachari, First Governor-General of India, and Pattom Thanu Pillai, Former Chief Minister of Kerala State), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 1999 (5 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
19990102 My Grandson wore a Black Flag! (by K. A. Murugesa Swamy), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 1999 (5 KB) (h)
Opposition to Hindi.
19990103 Defense of India or Defense of Hindia? (by K. Chezhian), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 1999 (5 KB) (h)
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19990104 Two Dogs and Hindi: A Story from C. N. Annadurai's Speeches (by K. Chezhian), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 1999 (6 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
19990404 POINTS OF VIEW on Hindi Imposition and Freedom for Tamil Nadu (by (1) K. Srinivasan: Hooligans during the Agitation, (2) Mani M. Manivannan: Anti-India Attitude, (3) HHT: Start the Revolution, (4) Sadhu Miranda: Get out of their Hold, (5) Thanapal: Look at Singapore, (6) Viswanathan Pillai: I do not Know Hindi), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 1999 (12 KB) (f, h)
Title is self-explanatory.
199908e EDITORIAL: Say a Word in Tamil and Listen to the Thunderous Applause from the Crowd (by Inia Pandian), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 1999 (9 KB) (h, p, tn)
Tamil politics.
19990903 Indian Government Blocks Tamil Development into the Twenty First Century (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 1999 (17 KB) (h, t)
Title is self-explanatory.
19991201 Hindi Weeks and Hindi Fortnights (by M. T.), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 1999 (6 KB) (h)
Hindi imposition on Indian Government employees.
19991202 Hindi Imposition and Independence for Tamil Nadu (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 1999 (17 KB) (f, h)
Title is self-explanatory.
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20000101 Vajpayee's Big Lie about Hindi and Annadurai (by K. Chezhian), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2000 (16 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
20000501 Vajpayee, Are You Ignorant? (by A. P. Thangamani), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2000 9 KB (h)
Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee tells a second lie about opposition to Hindi imposition in Tamil Nadu.
20000702 Hindi Imposition and Sanskrit Imperialism (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 2000 (18 KB) (h, s)
Title is self explanatory.
20001101 Who Rules India? (Part I) (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, November 2000 (44 KB) (h, hi, i)
Author argues that it is the Hindi politicians who control Indian government decisions and actions. Detailed discussion.
20001201 Hindi Movies and the Indian Government (by P. Kumaresan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2000 (14 KB) (h)
Title is self explanatory.
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20010101 Second Death of the Tamil Martyrs of 1965 (by K. Chezhian), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2001 (25 KB) (h)
The fallen heroes, the martyrs, of the anti-Hindi imposition agitation of 1965 died a “second death” in 1967. How? Why?
20010502 Manipur Freedom Fighters Ban Hindi Movies (by L. Varadarajan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2001 (9 KB) (c, h)
Some details.
20010703 Hindi Commissars in the Indian Government (by J. Panneerselvam), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 2001 (8 KB) (h)
There are Hindi enforcement officers in every department of the Indian Government. Discussion.
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20020102 A Slice of Anti-Hindi Agitation History (1938) (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2002 (6 KB) (h)
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20020103 "Even all the Tamil Members of Parliament cannot Stop Hindi Imposition" (by T.M. Rajendran), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2002 (6 KB) (h)
Statement by a Tamilnadu MP.
20020201 Tamil IAS Officers are Humiliated in New Delhi (by P.N.), TAMIL TRIBUNE, February 2002 (9 KB) (h)
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20020402 Hindian Arrogance on a Tourist Bus (by A. Ramachandran), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2002 (8 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
20020501 Government of India's Hindi Imposition Agenda for 2002-2003 (by M. T.), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2002 (26 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
20020603 Indian Government enters the Publishing Industry (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2002 (8 KB) (h, t)
...and how it affects Tamil books publication.
20020702 How the Indian Government Stabbed Burmese Tamils in the Back (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 2002 (9 KB) (h, i)
Title is self-explanatory.
20020801 Indian President Abdul Kalam bows to Hindi Chauvinists (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2002 (13 KB) (h, hi)
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20020802 Doctor, Learn Hindi or You are Fired! (by K. N. Nair), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2002 (5 KB) (h)
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20030101 History: A Chronology of Anti-Hindi Agitations in Tamil Nadu and What the Future Holds (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2003 (33 KB) (h)
History of Anti-Hindi Imposition Agitations in Tamil Nadu from 1938, including the 1965 Tamil Nadu Students Anti-Hindi Agitation in which some 500 unarmed Tamils were killed by Indian security forces and half a dozen Tamil patriots set themselves to fire (self-immolation) in protest. Events, names and dates.
20030201 A DEBATE: Is Tamil Nadu Discriminated in India? ( No: Vasudevan, Yes: Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, February 2003 (30 KB) (e, h)
A debate about economic discrimination and Hindi imposition. (Hindi imposition related discussions in Sections 1.2, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4)
20030401 How India's Official Language Policy is Hurting Non-Hindi Peoples (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2003 (21 KB) (h)
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20030702 "We Don't Fly Air India" (by Vimala Kannappan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 2003 (6 KB) (h, m)
Mrs. Kannappan tells why her family does not fly Air India. Hint: It has to do with Hindi imposition.
20030801 Prime Minister Vajpayee Talks Nonsense Again! (by A.P. Thangamani), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2003 (10 KB) (h)
Official language policy: India's Prime Minister Vajpayee lies again about Tamil Nadu's opposition to Hindi imposition.
20031202 An Additional Special Privilege for Hindi Speaking Members of the Indian Parliament (by P. Unny), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2003 (8 KB) (h)
None.
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20040101 Burnt Offerings Against Hindi Imposition: Self Immolation of Tamil Martyrs in Tamil Nadu, 1965 (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2004 (20 KB) (h)
Compilation of available information about the seven Tamil martyrs who committed self immolation against Hindi imposition during the 1965 Anti-Hindi Agitation in Tamilnadu.
20040301 Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Fantasy Land (by A. P. Thangamani), TAMIL TRIBUNE, March 2004 (13 KB) (h)
Are Hindi zealots in high elected positions in the Indian Government living in a fantasyland? Or, are they lying about the role Hindi played (or did not play) during the freedom movement against British rule? Are they ignorant of history or are they re-writing Indian history? Couple of examples from Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee's speech are given.
200403f1 FEEDBACK: Letter from a Tamilan in Delhi: Hindi and India (by C. M.), TAMIL TRIBUNE, March 2004 (5 KB) (h)
Impressions of a Tamil student in New Delhi about the attitude of Hindi speakers.
20040601 India: Health and Welfare for Hindi Speakers Only (by K. S.), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2004 (10 KB) (h)
Indian Government sponsors AIDS prevention and control books in Hindi only. What about Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal?
200406f1 A View from Andhra Pradesh on Hindi (by Srini), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2004 (5 KB) (h)
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20040801 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Dominated by Hindi Speakers (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2004 (8 KB) (h)
Disproportionately large numbers of Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constables and officers are recruited from the Hindi belt. Why?
20041001 Hindi in Southern Railways (by AT), TAMIL TRIBUNE, October 2004 (8 KB) (h)
Increasing Hindi use in Tamilnadu offices of Indian Southern Railways.
20041102 Hindi on Chennai Television (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, November 2004 (13 KB) (h)
Indian Government has increased the number of Hindi programmes while reducing the Tamil programs at the Chennai regional television channel. This makes no sense since this regional channel is seen only in Tamilnadu where almost everyone knows Tamil and very few know Hindi.
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20050201 Postage Stamp in Honour of the 1965 Anti-Hindi Martyrs of Tamil Nadu (by Inia Pandian), TAMIL TRIBUNE, February 2005 (6 KB) (h)
Demand for postage stamp and monuments for the anti-Hindi imposition Tamil martyrs of 1965.
20050301 Why Hindi People Insist on and Tamil People Oppose Hindi Signs in Tamil Nadu? (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, March 2005 (22 KB) (h)
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20050801 "Indian Youth" means "Hindi Youth" to the Indian Government (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2005 (9 KB) (h)
Indian Defense Minister's statement explaining why Hindi is introduced as examination language for the combined defence service entrance examination while other languages are ignored.
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20060101 Three Quotes on Hindi Imposition from Indian Constituent Assembly Members (by Tamil Tribune Staff and Writers), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2006 (8 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
20060102 A Few Questions to DMK President Karunanidhi about Hindi Imposition (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2006 (18 KB) (h, p)
Why Karunanidhi and other DMK leaders are misleading Tamil people about Hindi imposition?
20060502 Pharmaceutical Labels in Hindi: "Indian Customers" mean "Hindi Customers" to the Indian Government (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2006 (8 KB) (h)
In yet another indirect attempt to force Hindi into non-Hindi states, Indian governments orders that pharmaceutical labeling (drug labels) must be in Hindi and English (not the local language and English).
20060801 No More Tamil Telegrams in Tamilnadu (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2006 (9 KB) (h, t, tn)
In 2005, Indian government closed down Tamil telegraph facilities in all or most of the telegraph centers in Tamil Nadu (while Hindi and English telegrams could be sent from any telegraph center in Tamilnadu). How many people send Hindi telegrams in Tamilnadu?
20061201 No Sarees Please (by Sharada T.P.K.), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2006 (5 KB) (h)
A very brief article.
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20070101 Hindi Imposition: Forty Two Years after 1965 (by Tamil Tribune Writers), TAMIL TRIBUNE, January 2007 (9 KB) (h)
Is there more or less Hindi imposition forty two years after the historic Tamil Nadu Anti-Hindi Imposition Agitation of 1965?
20070201 Hindi Advertisements in Tamil Newspapers: Does it Make Sense? (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, February 2007 (9 KB) (h)
Who placed Hindi advertisements in Tamil newspapers? Why?
20070701 No Sari, No Idli : South Indians Go to Hell! (by Sharada T.P.K.), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 2007 (8 KB) (h, hi, i)
Indian government attempts to eliminate South Indian cultural traditions from government-owned institutions.
20070901 Hindi in United Nations (by K. Chezhian), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 2007 (13 KB) (h)
An objection to Hindi in United Nations.
20071002 Hindi Imposition through Banks (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, October 2007 (11 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
20071101 A DEBATE: An Angry Hindi Speaker Speaks Up, A Tamil Nationalist Responds (by K. Agarwal and Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, November 2007 (13 KB) (h)
A debate on whether Hindi should be the official language of India.
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20080201 Do Unto Hindi Speakers What They Do Unto You (by T. Ganesan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, February 2008 (15 KB) (h)
Author provides several examples of Hindi arrogance and says that it should be met with arrogance of the same kind.
20080301 Tamil Nadu Anti-Hindi Agitations: Factoids for the New Generation of Tamils (by C. K. Murthy), TAMIL TRIBUNE, March 2008 (9 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
20080302 A Malayalee Perspective on Hindi Imposition (by BK), TAMIL TRIBUNE, March 2008 (4 KB) (h)
Keralites are against Hindi imposition.
20080501 Hindi in Parliament (by P. Unny), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2008 (7 KB) (h)
Second class status for non-Hindi languages in Indian parliament.
200805f2 Hindi and Tamil Students in Singapore (by A Student in Singapore), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2008 (5 KB) (h)
Arrogance of Hindi students even in Singapore.
20080601 Backlash Against North Indians in Mumbai (by Madhavan Nair), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2008 (9 KB) (h, i)
Reasons for Mumbai/Bombay (Maharashtra State) violence against North Indians (especially Hindi speakers).
20080701 Hindi in Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) (by Neyveli Nedumaran), TAMIL TRIBUNE, July 2008 (7 KB) (h)
Tamil employees are forced to work in Hindi at the Neyveli Lignite Corporation located in Tamilnadu.
20080902 Triple Injustice of Hindi in Indian Government Offices (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, September 2008 (14 KB) (h)
Detailed discussion of how non-Hindi people are disadvantaged in Indian Government jobs even if they learn Hindi.
20081002 Power of Hindi in Indian Politics (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, October 2008 (9 KB) (h, hi)
Should an aspirant for the high post of Prime Minister of India spend the time learning Indian economy, foreign affairs, military matters, etc. or spend the time learning Hindi which has no use except for appeasing Hindi politicians?
20081201 Should my Son Learn Hindi? (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, December 2008 (14 KB) (h)
Should my Son Learn Hindi? Tamil nationalist writer and a strong opponent of Hindi imposition responds. Answer may surprise you.
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20090202 Hindi Arrogance at a Tamilnadu School (by Lalitha Krishnan Nair), TAMIL TRIBUNE, February 2009 (10 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
20090302 Hindi Employees Outnumber Tamils in Tamil Nadu Central Government Office (by T. Ganesan), TAMIL TRIBUNE, March 2009 (5 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
20090604 South Indian Air Hostesses Unhappy at Air India (by Parvathi), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2009 (5 KB) (h, hi, i)
Yet another example of Indian government and its business undertakings not caring about the sensitivities of south Indians.
20090802 Hindi Chauvinism (by Thirumalai), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2009 (11 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
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20100201 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (Modern Schools) and Hindi Imposition (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, February 2010 (11 KB) (h)
Title is self-explanatory.
20100302 Hindi Enforcement and Attacks on North Indians in Mumbai (by Thirumalai), TAMIL TRIBUNE, March 2010 (8 KB) (h, i)
Author argues that, “Hindians should learn to accept the diversity of India. They are not embracing the language and culture of the states where they settle down.”
20100401 Hindi and Hindian Arrogance Test our Patience (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2010 (15 KB) (h)
Hindians coming to Tamil Nadu for study and employment insists that their colleges and companies serve north Indian food, observe north Indian holidays and not communicate with them in Tamil. They get violent if their demands are refused. Some recent examples.
20100402 Members of Parliament Stare Dumbfounded as Indian President Addresses Them in Hindi (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, April 2010 (11 KB) (h, hi)
Indian President Pratibha Patil’s address to parliament in Hindi without English translation flouts constitutional provisions. Once Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan interrupted former President Abdul Kalam from saying a few words in Tamil at an official meeting, saying, “He is the president of India. He cannot speak in Tamil.”
20100501 Hindi Will Destroy Marathi Language, Culture and Identity in Mumbai and Maharashtra (India) (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, May 2010 (22 KB) (h, hi, i)
Hindification and De-Marathification of Mumbai and Maharashtra.
20100602 Hindi is not India's National Language (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, June 2010 (7 KB) (h)
Television quiz program, TV producers, High Court ruling and symbol for Indian Rupees.
20100801 Indian Government's Hindi Propagation in Foreign Countries (by Thanjai Nalankilli), TAMIL TRIBUNE, August 2010 (16 KB) (h)
Indian government projects the false picture abroad that Hindi is THE language of India understood and accepted by one billion people (lingua franca of a billion people). Details of Indian government actions.
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