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Originally Posted by ute4ever
Forgive my ignorance but since India was under the British regime until the 20th century, is English the majority language there?
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Seems to be an equal use of English and Hindi. Not all Indians speak Hindi as their mother tongue. I'm going to assume that English is used as a unifier for the country in education, business, government, etc. Although my visa has both English and I assume it is Hindi, so there is some Hindi used. Television comes in both English and Hindi (the Indian movie on the plane was in Hindi with English subtitles).
It's interesting that it was the colonial language, but it really gives Indians a heads up in international business and affairs.
I'll ask someone to clarify.
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