| Nepali Language Movement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Language conflict in India | |||
 Bhāṣā hāmrō prāṇa hō (भाषा हाम्रो प्राण हो, trans. Language is our life), a slogan used during the movement. | |||
| Location | |||
| Goals | Recognition of Nepali language in the Indian constitution | ||
| Resulted in | Nepali language listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India | ||
| Parties | |||
The Nepali Language Movement (Nepali: नेपाली भाषा आन्दोलन) was a political movement in the Republic of India advocating the recognition of the Nepali language as a language with official status in India.[1][2] On 20 August 1992, the Lok Sabha passed a motion to add the Nepali language to the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.[3] According to an estimate in 2017, in India there about 40 million Nepali-language speaking Indians.[4]
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