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dated March 27, 1956: Visvesvaraya's appeal

Dr. M. Visvesvaraya, the engineer-statesman, has pleaded for the retention of English as the official language in India, and said that no date for its abolition should be fixed for the present until some improvement is effected in the country in more urgent directions, namely, in respect of industrial development and the earning capacity of the people. "Until a fair per capita earning power is first attained, the question of adopting a common Indian language might be postponed, as otherwise the ordinary poor citizen will have too many things to do and will be unduly harassed." Dr. Visvesvaraya was addressing a seminar of headmasters of primary and high schools in Mysore State, at Nandi Hills, 36 miles from Bangalore.

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