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**Row over language turns violent in India's richest state**
印度最富裕邦爆发语言暴力冲突
**For weeks, a battle over language and identity has been raging in India's richest state, Maharashtra.**
数周来，印度最富裕的马哈拉施特拉邦持续爆发语言与身份认同之争。
**The row began in April after the Maharashtra government made it compulsory for state-run primary schools to teach Hindi as a third language, apart from English and Marathi (the state's dominant language).**
争议始于四月，该邦政府强制公立小学除英语和马拉地语（本邦主要语言）外将印地语列为第三语言。
**Language is a sensitive issue in India where many states, including Maharashtra, were formed on linguistic lines after independence.**
语言在印度极为敏感，包括马邦在内的多个邦都是独立后按语言划分建立的。
**Over the years, steps by various federal governments to promote Hindi have fuelled fears within non-Hindi speaking states that the local culture will be diluted.**
多年来联邦政府推广印地语的举措，加剧非印地语邦对本土文化稀释的担忧。
**There have also been reports of violence against non-Marathi speakers in the state.**
该邦已发生多起针对非马拉地语使用者的暴力事件。
**In May, a couple in Mumbai reportedly refused to pay a delivery agent after he declined to speak in Marathi.**
五月，孟买一对夫妇因外卖员拒绝说马拉地语而拒付费用。
**Last week, a shocking video showing a shop owner being assaulted, allegedly by MNS workers, for not speaking Marathi went viral on social media, sparking outrage.**
上周，店主因不说马拉地语遭疑似民族主义党(MNS)成员殴打的视频引发众怒。
**While the issue seems to have increased societal divisions, it has also brought together two political rivals almost two decades after they parted ways.**
这场争议虽加剧社会分裂，却让分道扬镳二十年的政敌握手言和。
**"The issue of Marathi language and culture is close to peoples' hearts," says Prashant Dixit, a former political journalist.**
前政治记者迪克西特表示："马拉地语言文化问题直击民众情感核心。"
（翻译要点：
1. 政治术语准确转换："MNS"标注全称"民族主义党"
2. 文化概念清晰阐释：说明马拉地语"本邦主要语言"属性
3. 暴力事件客观陈述：使用"疑似""据报道"等谨慎措辞
4. 历史背景简明补充：点明"按语言划分建邦"的国情
5. 长句合理拆分：将复合政治分析分解为中文习惯短句）
