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Why did English continue to be officially used in India for administrative purposes even after independence?
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- 1The central government wanted to permanently halt the creation of linguistic states
- 2There was a strong demand from non-Hindi speaking states for a language they understood✓
- 3It was legally required to validate previous colonial land transactions
- 4This was an explicit mandatory condition given by the British Viceroy before leaving
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There was a strong demand from non-Hindi speaking states for a language they understood
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