The Maithili version of the Indian Constitution is the translation of the

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in the native language Maithili of the

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in the

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History

The official ''Maithili version of the Indian Constitution'' was launched by the

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on 26 November 2024 during the occasion of

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in the National capital

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. It was launched in the presence of the prime minister

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, the opposition leader

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and some other prominent leaders of the country. In the year 2020, translator Shambhu Kumar Singh translated the book "''The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation by Granville Austin''" into Maithili language. The translation was published by the

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in the form of book "''Maithili translation of The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation by Granville Austin''". The official translation of the Indian Constitution into Maithili was carried through the

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of the Indian Language Institute,

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which is controlled by the Ministry of Education,

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. The National Translation Mission conducted several seminars and workshops at different educational institutions in the state of Bihar to prepare the official translation of the Indian Constitution in Maithili language. In 2024, the National Translation Mission conducted 10 days seminar at the campus of ''East and West Teachers Training College'',

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of the

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. In the final stage of the translation, the National Translation Mission conducted 11 days seminar and workshop at the campus of Anugrah Narayan College in the Bihar state capital city

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from 7 August 2024 to 17 August 2024 in which scholars like professor Ashok Kumar Mehta of

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and professor Keshkar Thakur of Bhagalpur University participated as the subject specialists. In the year 2010, Maithili Sahitya Sansthan secretary Bhairava Lal Das also published the Maithili translation of the Indian Constitution from his own self. Similarly on 24 June 2013, a translation of the Indian Constitution in Maithili language translated jointly by Nityanand Lal Das and Bhairava Lal Das was released by the principal secretary Vijay Prakash of the planning department at the auditorium of the Bihar Research Society.

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