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    Indian States That Have English as an Official Language

    Sep 20, 2017, 17:30 IST

    The Constitution of India designates the official language of the Government of India as Hindi written in the Devanagari script, as well as English. There is no national language as declared by the Constitution of India. Hindi and English are used for official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings, judiciary, communications between the Central Government and a State Government. Here, we are giving the list of Indian States That Have English as an Official Language for general awareness.

    The Constitution of India designates the official language of the Government of India as Hindi written in the Devanagari script, as well as English. There is no national language as declared by the Constitution of India. Hindi and English are used for official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings, judiciary, communications between the Central Government and a State Government. States within India have the liberty and powers to specify their own official language(s) through legislation and therefore there are 22 officially recognized languages in India. Here, we are giving the list of Indian States That Have English as an Official Language for general awareness.

    English as official language

    List of Indian States That Have English as an Official Language

    State

    Official language(s)

    Additional official language(s)

    Arunachal Pradesh

    English


    Himachal Pradesh

    Hindi

    English

    Manipur

    Meitei (Manipuri)

    English

    Meghalaya

    English

    Khasi and Garo

    Mizoram

    Mizo, English and Hindi


    Nagaland

    English


    Odisha

    Odia

    English

    Rajasthan

    Hindi

    English

    Sikkim

    English

    Additional ten local languages

    Tamil Nadu

    Tamil

    English

    Tripura

    Bengali, English and Kokborok


    In the above list of Indian States That Have English as an Official Language will enhance the general knowledge of the readers.

    Official Language in Indian Constitution

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