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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Series of protests in the eastern Indian state}}<br />
{{Infobox civil conflict<br />
| partof = <br />
| date = 1980s–present<br />
| place = Present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| causes = [[Hindi imposition|Various attempts]] by the Government of India to promote [[Hindi language]] in the state<br />
| goals = To prevent the [[imposition of Hindi]] in the state<br />
| methods = Conferences, rallying, media activism<br />
| side1 = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Amra Bangali]]<br />
*[[Bangla Pokkho]]<br />
*Jatiyo Bangla Sammelan}}<br />
| side2 = Government of India<br />
}}<br />
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The '''anti-Hindi agitations of West Bengal''' is the opposition to [[Hindi imposition]] in the eastern Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. Movements against [[Hindi imposition]] were mainly conducted through [[social media]], road meetings, demonstrations and deputation submissions. Road meetings, protest and deputation submission programs were initially centered in the city of [[Kolkata]] or [[Kolkata metropolitan area]] but later spread to various [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|divisional]] cities and [[List of districts of West Bengal|district]] cities of West Bengal. All these movements were organized by organizations like [[Amra Bangali]], [[Bangla Pokkho]] and Jatiyo Bangla Sammelan.<ref name="hindustantimes">{{cite web |title=Anti-Hindi movement re-surfaces in Bengal, leader says BJP’s rise a threat to regional languages |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/anti-hindi-movement-re-surfaces-in-bengal-leader-says-bjp-s-rise-a-threat-to-regional-languages/story-waqTnAfUTHrNyqKmZyPw8N.html |website=www.hindustantimes.com |access-date=14 November 2022 |language=en |archive-date=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112144038/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/anti-hindi-movement-re-surfaces-in-bengal-leader-says-bjp-s-rise-a-threat-to-regional-languages/story-waqTnAfUTHrNyqKmZyPw8N.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=পশ্চিমবঙ্গে হিন্দির আগ্রাসনের অভিযোগ |url=https://www.dw.com/bn/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87/a-50212938 |website=www.dw.com |access-date=14 November 2022 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=পশ্চিমবঙ্গে প্রবল হচ্ছে ‘হিন্দির আগ্রাসন’ বিরোধী প্রচারণা, রাজ্যে থাকার শর্ত 'বাংলা জানা’ |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news-49738845 |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=14 November 2022 |language=bn}}</ref><br />
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Since the end of the second decade of the 21st century, various organizations have organized road meetings and agitations against the use of [[Hindi]] or Hindi and English languages except Bengali on the nameplates of various institutions of West Bengal, national highways, Banks and [[Kolkata Metro]].<ref name=hindustantimes/><br />
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== History ==<br />
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=== 1980s ===<br />
[[Amra Bangali]] started a political program in the 1980s to promote the [[Bengali language]]. However, the party's activities were mainly confined to the northern part of the [[West Bengal]].<br />
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=== Protests by Bangla Pokkho ===<br />
{{Main article|Bangla Pokkho#Protests}}<br />
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=== Agitations of 2021 ===<br />
The [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science]] issued a notification to the staffs of institution on 19 March 2021, stating that 55% of written communication in institutions should be done in Hindi.<ref name="theprint">{{cite web |title=‘No Hindi imposition’ — Kolkata institute students protest over notice to meet Hindi targets |url=https://theprint.in/india/no-hindi-imposition-kolkata-institute-students-protest-over-notice-to-meet-hindi-targets/628612/ |website=www.theprint.in |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref> staffs organized protests against [[imposition of Hindi]] in university. Students protested by writing 'No Hindi Imposition' on the institution grounds and stood maintaining social distance. But the notification was only for administrative staff.<ref name="theprint" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hindi]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali nationalism]]<br />
[[Category:Language conflict in India]]<br />
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