Part XVII of the Constitution of India

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Part of the Constitution of India

Part XVII of the Constitution of India is the section that lays down the provisions relating to the official language policy of the Indian Union, including Hindi, English, and regional languages.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Part XVII of the Constitution of India canonical	2
Chapter I of Part XVII of the Constitution of India	1
Part 17 of the Constitution of India	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10240536 — 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: Part XVII of the Constitution of India
Context triple: [Article 351 of the Constitution of India, constitutionalPart, Part XVII of the Constitution of India]

A. Part XV of the Constitution of India
Part XV of the Constitution of India is the section that lays down the constitutional framework for elections and the Election Commission in India.
B. Part XIV of the Constitution of India
Part XIV of the Constitution of India is the section that lays down the constitutional framework governing services under the Union and the States, including provisions for all-India services and public service commissions.
C. Part XII of the Constitution of India
Part XII of the Constitution of India is the section that lays down the framework for the country’s financial system, including the distribution of revenues between the Union and the States, taxation, and public funds.
D. Part XXI of the Constitution of India
Part XXI of the Constitution of India is the section that contains temporary, transitional and special provisions for various states and regions within the Indian Union.
E. Part V of the Constitution of India
Part V of the Constitution of India lays down the framework, powers, and functions of the Union (central) government, including the executive, parliament, and judiciary at the national level.
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: Part XVII of the Constitution of India
Target entity description: Part XVII of the Constitution of India is the section that lays down the provisions relating to the official language policy of the Indian Union, including Hindi, English, and regional languages.

A. Part XV of the Constitution of India
Part XV of the Constitution of India is the section that lays down the constitutional framework for elections and the Election Commission in India.
B. Part XIV of the Constitution of India
Part XIV of the Constitution of India is the section that lays down the constitutional framework governing services under the Union and the States, including provisions for all-India services and public service commissions.
C. Part XII of the Constitution of India
Part XII of the Constitution of India is the section that lays down the framework for the country’s financial system, including the distribution of revenues between the Union and the States, taxation, and public funds.
D. Part XXI of the Constitution of India
Part XXI of the Constitution of India is the section that contains temporary, transitional and special provisions for various states and regions within the Indian Union.
E. Part V of the Constitution of India
Part V of the Constitution of India lays down the framework, powers, and functions of the Union (central) government, including the executive, parliament, and judiciary at the national level.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Part of the Constitution of India ⓘ
aimsTo	Develop Hindi so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all elements of the composite culture of India ⓘ Promote the spread of Hindi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Part 17 of the Constitution of India ⓘ linked to: Part XVII of the Constitution of India
chapterTitle	Chapter I – Language of the Union ⓘ Chapter II – Regional Languages ⓘ Chapter III – Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, and so on ⓘ Chapter IV – Special Directives ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	In force ⓘ
containsArticle	Article 343 ⓘ Article 344 ⓘ Article 345 ⓘ Article 346 ⓘ Article 347 ⓘ Article 348 ⓘ Article 349 ⓘ Article 350 ⓘ Article 350A ⓘ Article 350B ⓘ Article 351 ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
defines	Official language of the Union ⓘ Powers of Parliament regarding language ⓘ Use of English for official purposes of the Union ⓘ
dividedInto	Chapter I ⓘ Chapter II ⓘ Chapter III ⓘ Chapter IV ⓘ
enactmentDate	26 January 1950 ⓘ
languageMentioned	English language ⓘ Hindi in Devanagari script ⓘ Regional languages of the States ⓘ
legalSystem	Constitutional law of India ⓘ linked to: Indian constitutional law
partOf	Constitution of India ⓘ
positionInSeries	17 ⓘ
providesFor	Commission and Committee on Official Language ⓘ linked to: Department of Official Language Instruction in mother tongue at primary stage ⓘ Protection of linguistic minorities ⓘ Special Officer for linguistic minorities ⓘ
regulates	Language of authoritative texts of laws ⓘ Language of communication between States ⓘ Language of communication between Union and States ⓘ Language to be used in High Courts ⓘ Language to be used in Parliament ⓘ Language to be used in State Legislatures ⓘ Language to be used in the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
subjectMatter	Language policy ⓘ Official language ⓘ Use of English ⓘ Use of Hindi ⓘ Use of regional languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 351 of the Constitution of India → constitutionalPart → Part XVII of the Constitution of India ⓘ

Article 343 of the Constitution of India → partOf → Part XVII of the Constitution of India ⓘ

Article 343 of the Constitution of India → partOf → Chapter I of Part XVII of the Constitution of India ⓘ

linked to: Part XVII of the Constitution of India

Part XVII of the Constitution of India → alsoKnownAs → Part 17 of the Constitution of India ⓘ