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Do Urdu speaking muslims are considered as linguistic minority officially in Maharashtra ?


Yaser Mirza 6th May, 2020
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Manisha 20th May, 2020

Hello aspirant

Linguistics minority in Maharashtra is defined with reference to the majority of language of that state. In MAHARASHTRA any person whose mother tongue is not Marathi , is considered as belonging to Linguistics minority . Though Urdu people don't speak Marathi do they are linguistic minority in Maharashtra.

Minority communities in MAHARASHTRA includes Muslims, Sikhs, Christian's , Bhudhists ,Parsis and Jains. In 2006 state government declared these communities as minority communities. Jews in MAHARASHTRA are now a minority community.

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