Give one reason why English continued to be used in India after independence.

Some leaders believed that English should be done away with and Hindi should be promoted as the national language. But this idea was opposed by the leaders from non-Hindi areas. They did not want an imposition on Hindi on the people of those areas.

So, English continued to be used in India after independence because:

a. Though Hindi was chosen as the national language the use of Hindi was not accepted by the other regions especially the south.

b. The leaders felt the need for a common language that would link people of different regions.