Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Hindi-National Language discussion in Constituent Assembly
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA DEBATES (PROCEEDINGS) - VOLUME IX Tuesday, the 13th September 1949 Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Hindi National Language discussion in Constituent Assembly The Honourable Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee (West Bengal: General) Mr. President, Sir, we are considering a matter which is of vital importance, not to the people belonging to one or other of the provinces of India , but to the entire millions of India's population. In fact, Sir, the decision that we are about to take, even if we ignore for the time being the points of difference, vital though they may appear. to some, the decision that we are about to take is something which has never been attempted in the history of India for the last thousands of years. Let us therefore at the very outset realise that we have been able to achieve something which our ancestors did not achieve. Some Members have spoken not doubt out of the warmth of their feeling and have tried...