the information about the policy of English language use, even with the historical background, in India

1. English Language Policy in India
Official language:
• Hindi: national official and main link language of India
• English: associate official language
History:
1835: English replaced Persia as official language of
company,
1857: the universities imitated London University and
used English as teaching media, and penetration
of English was increased in the whole India,
1947: when India was independence, English was the
only one functional lingua franca in India,
1947: after independency, Hindi was decided as the first
official language.
1830: public teaching started during East India company
government,
By: Reva Resti Fauziah, Risma Fuji Hadiyanti, Wanti Amelia
English used for business,
education, administration
and law.
Communication tool among
high educated people in
formal situation.
Accent: British English (impact of imperialism)
Influenced by the culture, become Hindi accent.
Then, they try to use American accent recently.
English was introduced by the entrepreneur from
England who came to trade (17th century).
India tried to make Hindi as
the only one official language,
but the effect from non-Hindi
country still too powerful.
The rule stated English as the
association language.
English is often used for conversation by the urban
and semi-urban educated young generation,
Bollywood movie, and India’s internet flat form.
Based on India’s constitution, English is
supreme court’s language and all of the high
courts in India, except in Bihar, Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan based on
the government’s permission.
In 2018 Punjab court and Haryana waiting for
decision to use Hindi in their courts.