India, April 15 -- The Assamese language has been made mandatory for all official work in Assam, according to a notification issued in this regard on Monday. It will come into effect from Tuesday, the first day of the Assamese New Year.

"Beginning this Bohag (first month of Assamese calendar), Assamese will be the compulsory official language for all government notifications, order, Acts, etc across Assam. In the districts of Barak Valley and BTR (Bodoland Territorial Region), Bengali and Bodo languages will be used respectively," chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma posted on X.

The notification in this regard was issued by the political department of the state on the direction of Governor Laxmi Prasad Acharya. The Assam cabinet had deci...