 bill no  78 of  2007 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2007 by syed shahnawaz hussain, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 (1)   this act may be called the constitution (amendment)  act, 2007"1 angika" statement of objects and reasons'angika' language is spoken mainly in ancient 'ang' pradesh which comprises areas falling in north-eastern and southern bihar, jharkhand, bengal, assam, orissa and tarai region of nepal this ancient classical language is also spoken in countries like cambodia, vietnam, malaysia, etc it is the mother tongue of about five to six crore peoplethe angika language has a rich literature both in prose and poetry since ancient times however, the language has yet to get due recognition that it deservestaking into account the antiquity of the language and its use by a large number of people, angika language deserves due recognition by its inclusion in the eighth schedule to the constitutionhence this billnew delhi;syed shahnawaz hussainaugust 22, 2007 annexure extract from the constitution of india eighth schedule[articles 344 (1) and 351] languages1assamese2bengali3bodo4dogri5gujarati6hindi7kannada8kashmiri9konkani10maithili11malayalam12manipuri13marathi14nepali15oriya16punjabi17sanskrit18santhali19sindhi20tamil21telugu22urdu      lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(syed shahnawaz hussain, mp)mgipmrnd—4163ls(s-3)—30 102007