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An Indian classroom is a replica of mini India having students of diverse groups like tribal, linguistic, cultural-religious, marginalized groups, disabled ,immigrants under various ethnic or religious minorities and many more. That being the case it has been a challenge for a language teacher to preserve the pluralistic tradition and to bring the various communities into the main stream society by promoting the spirit of multiculturalism amongst people of sundry gender, caste, class, community, language and religion. Language is an important device to bring unity in diversity, raise national feelings and patriotism among diverse folk. A typical Indian classroom is an outstanding case to feel the smell of multiculturalism inside it and language is the most befitting tool to preserve the culture and minimize the disparities among different cultural elements by disseminating national ideology among all. India having 122 major languages and 1599 other languages is no doubt a salad bowl of varieties of culture. Hence there is a need of research into the world language English, in a country like India, which might bind the divergent cultural assumptions and values, customary behaviors, patterns of thinking and dealing and communicative style. This paper discusses multiculturalism in India, pluralistic situations in Indian classroom and role of English language in preserving multiculturalism.