1969 Tamil was opted as the second official language of the state Haryanna
Haryanavi has traditionally been the dominant mother tongue in Haryana, with Standard Hindi being spoken as a second language. Haryanvi has no official status, as it is seen as a dialect of Hindi & Punjabi. Therefore, Hindi is the official language and in 1969, Tamil was opted as the second official language of the state. Even as there is practically no presence of Tamilians in the state, Haryana had declared Tamil as its second language when Bansi