The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003 added four languages - Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, and Santhali - to the Eighth Schedule. Prior to this amendment, the number of languages in the Eighth Schedule was 18. Adding these four languages raised the total number to 22 (18 + 4 = 22).
The Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act, 2003, amended the Eighth schedule to the Constitution so as to include Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali languages, thereby raising the total number of languages listed in the schedule to
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