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In 1962, Sudhanshu met Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, to demand that Hindi be made the national language of India. He told Nehru that, speakers of other languages should be strictly instructed to learn Hindi by 1965.[7] In response, Nehru rejected his proposal and said that he had to satisfy the entire people of India.[7] Nehru then asked him to study one of the difficult Dravidian language Malayalam.[7] He took up Nehru's challenge and joined the University of Delhi for his master's degree in Malayalam and from there graduated in 1964.[1] He also holds Masters in Sanskrit and Hindi.[7] After completing his MA in 1964, he came Kerala and was appointed Hindi Lecturer at Sri Kerala Varma College, Thrissur.[1] He remained there and retired as department head and college principal. He holds a doctorate in Hindi and Malayalam from the University of Kerala.[7] He is the first D.Lit graduate from the University of Kerala.[7]

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