User:Psneog/Assam Official Language Act, 1960

The Assam Official Language Act, 1960 is a legislature passed by the legislative assembly of Assam as per the provisions of article 345 of the constitution of India entailing the states of India to adopt one or more languages of the state as the official language of the state. The legislature establishes Assamese and Bengali languages as the official language of the state of Assam. Later, in 1985 the Bodo Language was also added to the list of official languages of Assam via an amendment of the act.

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Drawing upon post-1950s Indian government policy of linguistic reorganization of states and in consistence with post independence Assam state government policy the bill leading to the act was presented in the Assam Legislative Assembly by the then chief minister of Assam, Bimala Prasad Chaliha of Indian National Congress in 1960 prescribing Assamese as the sole official state language of Assam.

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