Which of the following was the first language conferred with the status of Classical Language in India?

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

SSC MTS 2020 (Held On : 8 Oct 2021 Shift 2 ) Official Paper 11

Answer 1

The correct answer is Tamil.

Key Points

The Ministry of Culture is the nodal ministry providing guidelines for classical languages.
Currently six languages i.e, Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, and Odia enjoy the classical language status.
The Government of India declared Tamil was the first language conferred with the status of Classical Language in India in 2004.

Additional Information

A Centre of excellence for studies in classical languages is also there in India.
All the classical languages are also listed in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Sanskrit was given the status as a Classical Language of India in 2005.
In 2008 Kannada and Telugu were given the status as Classical Languages of India.
Malayalam was declared as a classical language in 2013.
In 2014, Odia was also given the status of the Classical language.

Important Points

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved to confer the status of Classical Language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages.