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> Hindi was promoted because of the need for a common language for a nation with 300+ official languages (not counting the dialects) - as it's the language that is most commonly spoke and understood

I thought that English actually served that purpose even in India (unofficially).

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un officially yes, but as you can imagine, it's not an Indian language, and it's the language of our colonizer. It's more acceptable now, but back in the day, it was an absolute no no. Besides, common men did not speak English. Just the very highly educated (back then. Now, it's much more common among all classes).

For non-hindi speaking states both hindi and english are the same. At least with english it give jobs and enriches lives.

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