Union government conferred the classical language tag to five more Indian languages

Marathi, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit and Assamese

The number of classical Indian languages has now reached 11 as Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Oriya had already got the coveted status.

❤️ This exemplifies the unique civilisational roots of Assam that have withstood the test of time.

Key points:

Tamil was the first language to be declared a classical language of India in 2004

Sanskrit: Declared in 2005

Kannada: Declared in 2008

Telugu: Declared in 2008

Malayalam: Declared in 2013

Odia: Declared in 2014