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UPSC 2015: Which one of the following was given classical language status recently?
(a)Odia
(b)Konkani
(c)Bhojpuri
(d)Assamese
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Odia was accorded the ‘Classical Language’ tag by the Government of India in February 2014, becoming the sixth language to enter the list after Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam. Neither Konkani, Bhojpuri nor Assamese has yet received this status.([timesofindia.indiatimes.com](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/milestone-for-state-as-odia-gets-classical-language-status/articleshow/30779140.cms?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2015, GS Paper 1, as Question 75. It falls under Art & Culture > Literature & Languages.
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