According to Durgabai, which people had been made to feel that the campaign for a national language was a fight against their own languages?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The people of non-Hindi-speaking areas
Option (1) The people of non-Hindi-speaking areas — Correct. Durgabai spoke for <strong>the people of non-Hindi-speaking areas</strong>, such as the south, who felt the push for Hindi would crowd out their own languages.
Option (2) The Urdu-speaking Muslims of the north — Incorrect. Urdu speakers are a different group. Durgabai spoke for the non-Hindi regions.
Option (3) The rulers and people of the princely states — Incorrect. Durgabai did not speak about the princely states in this speech.
Option (4) The members of the Scheduled Castes — Incorrect. The Scheduled Castes came up in other debates on rights. This speech was about language groups.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.2 The fear of domination “Mr President, the question of national language for India which was an almost agreed proposition until recently has suddenly become a highly controversial issue. Whether rightly or wrongly, the people of non-Hindi-speaking areas have been made to feel that this fight, or this attitude on behalf of the Hindi-speaking areas, is a fight for effectively preventing the natural influence of other powerful languages of India on the composite culture of this nation.” |