Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
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The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India is the official list of recognized languages that are granted special status and support by the Indian government.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T395883 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India Context triple: [Maithili, recognizedIn, Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India]
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A.
Article 52 of the Constitution of India
Article 52 of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the office of the President as the formal head of state of the Republic of India.
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B.
Constitution of India
The Constitution of India is the supreme legal framework that establishes the structure, powers, and principles of the Indian state and guarantees fundamental rights to its citizens.
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C.
Constitution of Pakistan (1973)
The Constitution of Pakistan (1973) is the supreme law that defines Pakistan as a federal parliamentary republic, outlining the structure, powers, and functions of the state’s institutions and guaranteeing fundamental rights to its citizens.
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D.
Constitution of Pakistan 1956
The Constitution of Pakistan 1956 was the country’s first republican constitution, establishing Pakistan as an Islamic republic with a parliamentary system and replacing the colonial-era legal framework.
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E.
Government of India Act 1935
The Government of India Act 1935 was a major constitutional reform enacted by the British Parliament that restructured the governance of British India by introducing provincial autonomy and laying much of the groundwork for India’s later federal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India Target entity description: The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India is the official list of recognized languages that are granted special status and support by the Indian government.
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A.
Article 52 of the Constitution of India
Article 52 of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the office of the President as the formal head of state of the Republic of India.
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B.
Constitution of India
The Constitution of India is the supreme legal framework that establishes the structure, powers, and principles of the Indian state and guarantees fundamental rights to its citizens.
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C.
Constitution of Pakistan (1973)
The Constitution of Pakistan (1973) is the supreme law that defines Pakistan as a federal parliamentary republic, outlining the structure, powers, and functions of the state’s institutions and guaranteeing fundamental rights to its citizens.
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D.
Constitution of Pakistan 1956
The Constitution of Pakistan 1956 was the country’s first republican constitution, establishing Pakistan as an Islamic republic with a parliamentary system and replacing the colonial-era legal framework.
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E.
Government of India Act 1935
The Government of India Act 1935 was a major constitutional reform enacted by the British Parliament that restructured the governance of British India by introducing provincial autonomy and laying much of the groundwork for India’s later federal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional schedule
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part of the Constitution of India ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Republic of India
ⓘ
linked to:
India
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| currentNumberOfLanguages | 22 ⓘ |
| grantsStatus | scheduled language ⓘ |
| languageListed |
Assamese
ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ Bodo ⓘ Dogri ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Kannada ⓘ Kashmiri ⓘ
linked to:
Kashmiri language
Konkani ⓘ Maithili ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Manipuri ⓘ Marathi ⓘ
linked to:
Marathi language
Nepali ⓘ Odia ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ
linked to:
Punjabi language
Sanskrit ⓘ Santhali ⓘ Sindhi ⓘ Tamil ⓘ Telugu ⓘ Urdu ⓘ
linked to:
Urdu language
|
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| originalNumberOfLanguages | 14 ⓘ |
| partOfDocument | Constitution of India ⓘ |
| purpose |
to grant special status to listed languages
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to list languages recognized by the Constitution of India ⓘ to provide for development of listed languages ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Article 344 of the Constitution of India
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Article 351 of the Constitution of India ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India Description of subject: The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India is the official list of recognized languages that are granted special status and support by the Indian government.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Article 351 of the Constitution of India
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refersTo
→
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
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Marathi–Konkani languages
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recognizedIn
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Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India via Konkani
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linked to: Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
linked to: Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
Konkani people
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constitutionalStatusOfLanguage
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Konkani language is in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
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linked to: Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India