In India, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitei_language" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Meitei language">Meitei language</a> (officially known as <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipuri_language" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manipuri language">Manipuri language</a>) was included in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Schedule_to_the_Constitution_of_India" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India">scheduled languages' list</a> and made one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Languages with official status in India">official languages of the Indian Government</a>.<sup about="#mwt59" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_20#cite_note-9" id="mwAVU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVY">[9]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt63" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_20#cite_note-10" id="mwAVc" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVg">[10]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt67" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"auto"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-auto-11"}}' id="cite_ref-auto_11-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_20#cite_note-auto-11" id="mwAVk" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVo">[11]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt71" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_20#cite_note-12" id="mwAVs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVw">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"><cite about="#mwt56" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBhardwaj1994">Bhardwaj, R. C. (1994). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XXj69CpMnF4C&amp;q=manipuri%20language%20included%20in%20scheduled%20language%20august%2020&amp;pg=PA189" id="mwCK8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCLA">Legislation by Members in the Indian Parliament</i></a>. Allied Publishers. p.<span id="mwCLE" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>189. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCLI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCLM" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-81-7023-409-8" id="mwCLQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7023-409-8"><bdi id="mwCLU">978-81-7023-409-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt56" class="Z3988" id="mwCLY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Legislation+by+Members+in+the+Indian+Parliament&amp;rft.pages=189&amp;rft.pub=Allied+Publishers&amp;rft.date=1994&amp;rft.isbn=978-81-7023-409-8&amp;rft.aulast=Bhardwaj&amp;rft.aufirst=R.+C.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXXj69CpMnF4C%26q%3Dmanipuri%2520language%2520included%2520in%2520scheduled%2520language%2520august%252020%26pg%3DPA189&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+20"></span></span>