Maharashtra to celebrate October 3 as 'Marathi Classical Language Pride Day'

The Maharashtra Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Cabinet for according the classical language status to MarathiThe state Cabinet has also decided to celebrate October 3 as Marathi Classical Language Pride DayMarathi Language Minister Deepak Kesarkar read out the Cabinet resolution in this regardThe state Cabinet expresses its gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Minister of Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat for this historic decision and congratulates the Union Cabinet the resolution saidThe resolution further states Marathi language was originally classical Maharashtra tried to get the classical status for Maratha language Efforts were made at many levels for the last decade For this a committee headed by Ranganath Pathare did a great job The Department of Marathi language through Directorate Marathi Encyclopaedia Board Sahitya Sanskriti Board and State Marathi Development Institute continuously worked hard and pursued the matter The Marathi Sahitya Parishad and the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan have become a feast for Marathi speaking people and lovers of MarathiAgainst this background all the Marathi speaking people are happy with the Central governments decision to give the classical status to Marathi language This decision is historic for Marathi people Many great writers researchers and scholars have tried to get a classical status to Marathi Their hard work has been rewarded with the Union Cabinets decision the resolution addedMarathi language has received more energy and motivation for further development It has been decided to establish a university of Marathi language with Riddhpur as its headquarters Studies and research in Marathi language will be promoted It is a matter of pride and honour for Marathi lovers all over the world to get the classical status to Marathi language The Cabinet congratulates the Central government for this decision the resolution saidThe Pathare Committee had said that with Marathi getting the classical status it will be possible to do a study of Marathi dialects research collection of literature and facilitate teaching of Marathi in all universities of India in view of language conservationIt will also be possible to translate the ancient text and strengthen all libraries in MaharashtraFurther it will also be possible to provide assistance to various institutions individuals and students engaged in the development of MarathiAlso Read Bengali gets status of classical language West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reactsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever