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INDIAN POLITICS
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only religious minorities
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only linguistic minorities
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religious and linguistic minorities
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religious,linguistic and ethnicminorities
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Detailed explanation-1: -Article 29 of the Indian Constitution grants protection to both religious minorities as well as linguistic minorities. There are six religions in India that have been given minority status they are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, and Zoroastrians.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Union government, under the National Commission on Minorities Act 1992 has recognized 6 minority communities that is Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, and Jains. ( Jains were added later in 2014).
Detailed explanation-3: -Linguistic Minorities are group or collectivises of individuals residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language or script of their own. The language of the minority group need not be one of the twenty two languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.