Why Bengali Could Never Surpass Hindi to Become India's Top Language

To the surprise of many, nearly 500 residents of Bengal – 200 of them Hindu and the rest Muslim – jointly petitioned the government in 1839 in favour of Persian against their native Bengali language.

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