Politicians, activists and scholars have documented the origins and development of the language, spoken mostly by tribal people, while the state government has shut down schools using Assamese. Since ...

A week-long programme to celebrate Assam's linguistic diversity commenced on Sunday, coinciding with the completion of a month of according of Classical language status to Assamese. Programmes are ...

Guwahati: As Assam holds a week-long commemoration for the classical language status of Assamese, an examination of the govt’s document, which clinched the status last month, established that the ...

Guwahati: Amid the ongoing celebration of the classical language status of Assamese, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma emphasised that every community in the state should strive to preserve its ...

Guwahati: A minority student leader in Assam stirred a hornet’s nest with remarks that Bengal-origin Muslims would list Bengali, and not Assamese, as their mother tongue in public documents. Chief ...

In 1826, the English East India Company annexed Assam and integrated it into the Bengal Presidency. By 1836, Bengali was declared the official language and later became the medium of instruction.

(MENAFN- IANS) Guwahati, Nov 3 (IANS) The week-long celebration of the classical language status of Assamese, Bhasha Gaurav Saptah (Language Pride Week), kickstarted in Assam on Sunday. Prime Minister ...

Assam to have week-long celebrations following classical language status to Assamese Programmes are being organised across the state to honour the contributions made to Assamese language during the ...