Which of the following was the first Indian language to be accorded Classical Language status by the Government of India ?
Tamil
The Government of India created the category of Classical Languages in 2004 for languages with a very old, independent literary tradition and a recorded history of over 1500-2000 years.
Tamil was the first language to receive this status, in October 2004. Sanskrit followed in 2005, Telugu and Kannada in 2008, Malayalam in 2013 and Odia in 2014.
In October 2024 Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali were also added, taking the total number of classical languages to eleven.
Hence, Tamil.
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