The demand for states on linguistic basis was developed even before India achieved independence from British rule. In 1895, a first-of-its-kind linguistic movement started in what is now Odisha. Shortly after gaining independence, the Indian government created states based on linguistic boundaries. For the most part, each state has a majority language which takes precedence over the many others which also exist in the region. The official language is not always the majority language of the state. For example, many of the north-eastern states use English for this purpose. Others, such as Gujarat, use Hindi as their official language. Map Two shows the majority languages of each state shaded according to the language family to which they belong.