1972 Sindhi Language Bill was introduced by the

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on 3 July 1972, in the

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. The

1972 Language violence in Sindh 1972 Language violence in Sindh occurred starting on 7 July 1972 when the Sindh Assembly passed The Sindhi Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972 which established Sindhi language as the sole official language of the province r ...

occurred starting on 7 July 1972, when the

passed the Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972 which established

Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; or , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by more than 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status, as well as by 1.7 million people in India, where it is a Scheduled languages of India, schedu ...

as the sole official language of the province resulting in language violence in

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. Due to the clashes,

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explained that this bill is not against Urdu language. Later an ordinance was also promulgated to clarify it. The original bill as passed by the Sindh Assembly on 7 July 1972 is still in place.

Clauses

It provided '' inter alia'' that:

Clause 4

* (1) Sindhi and Urdu shall be compulsory subjects for study in classes IV to XII in all institutions in which such classes are held. * (2) The introduction of Sindhi as a compulsory subject shall commence at the lowest level namely class IV and by stages to be prescribed, be introduced in higher classes up to class XII.

Clause 6

Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, Government may make arrangements for progressive use of Sindhi language in offices and departments of Government including Courts and Assembly.

External links

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References

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Clauses

Clause 4

Clause 6

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