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  2. Hindi imposition - Wikipedia

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    Hindi imposition is a form of linguistic imperialism in which Hindi is obligated in Indian states that do not desire to use Hindi as a regional language. The term is rooted in the anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu , where it was proposed for Hindi to be taught in schools in the Madras Presidency .

  3. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    Godown, synonym to warehouse; English from Malay, which in turn may have borrowed it from Telugu giḍangi or Tamil kiṭanku. [19] Gunny, an inexpensive bag; from Sanskrit via Hindi and Marathi, [20] probably ultimately from a Dravidian language. [21]

  4. Aside - Wikipedia

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    An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention, the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage. By convention, the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage.

  5. Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    The anti-Hindi agitations in Tamil Nadu is the opposition to Hindi imposition in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras State and part of Madras Presidency) since the 20th-century. The agitations involve several mass protests, riots, student and political movements in Tamil Nadu concerning the official status of Hindi in the ...

  6. Tamil loanwords in other languages - Wikipedia

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    There are many Tamil loanwords in other languages. The Tamil language , primarily spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka , has produced loanwords in many different languages, including Ancient Greek , Biblical Hebrew , English , Malay , native languages of Indonesia , Mauritian Creole , Tagalog , Russian , and Sinhala and Dhivehi .

  7. Madras Bashai - Wikipedia

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    Madras Bashai evolved largely during the past three centuries. With the eponymous city's emergence into importance in British India (when the British recovered it from the French), and as the capital of Madras Presidency, the region's exposure to the western world increased, and a number of English words crept into the vocabulary: many such words were introduced by educated, middle-class Tamil ...

  8. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  9. Anti-Hindi agitation of 1937–1940 - Wikipedia

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    An Anti-Hindi conference was organised on 4 October 1937 to protest the announcement. On 21 April 1938, Rajaji went ahead and passed a government order (G.O) making the teaching of Hindi compulsory in 125 Secondary schools in the Province. Rajaji's persistence was viewed by Hindi's opponents as an attempt to destroy Tamil and promote Hindi.