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Modi Wants More Indians to Speak Hindi. Some States Are Shouting ‘No.’

States worry that the imposition of Hindi, the main language of northern India, would wipe out their cultural heritage.

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Raj Thackeray, left, and Uddhav Thackeray at a recent rally in Mumbai. They are cousins and both politicians in Maharashtra. Though they had a falling-out years ago and started rival parties, the effort to require primary schools in Maharashtra to teach Hindi has reunited them in opposition to the plan.
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