
West Bengal: Several eminent public personalities, educationists, academics and scholars endorsed and lauded the Union Cabinet's decision to grant approval for the Bengali language, as "classical language" calling it a "profoundly historic moment" for all Bengali speaking people.
The decision
"The decision of the Union Cabinet to confer the status of Classical Language to Bengali on October 03, 2024, is a profoundly historic moment for all Bengalis and Bengali speaking people," the public personalities said in a letter on Thursday.