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Abstract: Immediately after India's independence, the "language problem" emerged as a very sensitive political issue in Indian politics. It was not uncommon for such a problem to arise at that time in a multilingual country like India, which had just tasted independence. The people expected the political leadership and the framers of the constitution at that time to be sincere in their efforts for a lasting solution to this problem.This is because such a problem is not only inconsistent with the idea of national unity in India, but also a threat to India's national unity in the future. But the unfortunate truth is that the framers of the Constitution have been unable to find a lasting solution to this problem. Similarly, at different times later, different governments of the country could not bring a permanent solution to this 'language problem'. The answer to the question of what will be the state language of the country is still unresolved. This article discusses the debate on "official language" in the Constituent Assembly, the constitutional statute on languageand "state restructuring on the basis of language". It also discusses how the politics of language-identity has become relevant in recent times in India through the "National Education Policy Debate", "One Language, One State" debate.