 bill no 21 of  2009 the  constitution  (amendment)  bill,  2009 byshri arjun meghwal, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment)  act, 2009"17 rajasthani" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsrajasthani is a language or language cluster of the indo-aryan languages familyrajasthani language is a very old and rich language which is spoken widely in many parts of the country especially in the states of rajasthan, madhya pradesh, haryana, gujarat, punjab and in some adjacent bordering areas of pakistan it is estimated that around thirty-six million people speak this language in the state of rajasthan alone as per census of india—2001 on the other hand if we take into consideration the number of speakers of this language all over the world including the state of rajasthan, the number of 'rajasthani' speakers may touch the eighty million mark world wide the language has its own history, literature and eminent scholars this language is taught in many schools, colleges and universities apart from this, rajasthani 'lok-geet' has its own importance and is famous all over the worldrajasthani language has got its own importance through the various efforts made by the scholars and others in 1908, a scholar george abraham grierson first gave the name 'rajasthani' to the language, which was earlier known through its various dialectsbecause of the efforts of various scholars, today, the sahitya akademi which is india's national academy of letters and the university grant commission has recognized it as a distinct language it is also taught in the university of jodhpur and udaipur the board of secondary education, rajasthan included 'rajasthani' in the courses of study and it has been included as an optional subject since 1973 since 1947, several movements have also been going on in rajasthan to give this language the recognition it deserves however, unfortunately, this rich language has not yet got due recognitionthus, considering the above facts, it is proposed in the bill that the rajasthani language be included in the eighth schedule to the constitutionnew delhi;arjun meghwaljune 10, 2009 annexure extract from the constitution of india eighth  schedule[articles 344(1) and 351] languages1 assamese 2 bengali 3 bodo 4 dogri 5 gujarati 6 hindi 7 kannada 8 kashmiri 9 konkani10 maithili 11 malayalam 12 manipuri 13 marathi 14 nepali 15 oriya 16 punjabi 17 sanskrit18 santhali 19 sindhi 20 tamil 21 telugu 22 urdu      lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri arjun meghwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—2240ls(s5)—24-06-2009