English is widely recognized as a global "Lingua Franca". It holds the unique position of being, the most important language in the world. The cultural, economic, military, scientific and technological importance of the United Kingdom and the United States of America has given English a special status as a language of international communication. English is the first language in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the West Indies. In India, English has gained second language status because it is wrongly associated with the history of colonization. English was introduced as a tool of imperialism. It is a legacy of the British who ruled the country and since then the language is gradually filtered through some of the most important parts of society: the government, the mass media, academia, the judiciary and the social sector. Today it is not seen as the language of the colonial masters but as a medium of international discourse. It is true that its introduction into India by Macaulay was with an ulterior motive. But it came as a blessing in disguise. It is through English that Indians came to study the liberal thought of England, which to a large extent caused them to raise their demand for freedom. Therefore, the English language with its great literary heritage played a constructive role in building free India. In the nineteenth century Raja Ram Mohan Roy led a group of Indians in demanding English education for Indians. This group was convinced that English would be more useful to Indians than Indian languages ​​for academic, social, economic, scientific and international purposes. After independence, various committees and commissions have on several occasions emphasized the need for learning English. A stage has now been...... middle of paper......r on Indian soil. Indian writers writing in English have introduced a new trend of writing to provide us with an Indian flavor by using Indian words in English, making it Indianized and has achieved wide popularity. Works Cited Agnihotri, RK and AL Khanna, ed. Second language acquisition, social and linguistic aspects of English in India. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1994.Print.Crystal, David. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1997.Print.Gupta, R.S. and Kapil Kapoor, ed. English in India: issues and problems. Delhi: Academic Foundation, 1991. Print. Hawkins, R. E. Common Indian in English. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1984. Print.Kachru, Braj B. The Indianization of English. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. Print.Whitworth, George C. An Anglo Indian Dictionary. London: Kegan Paul, 1885. Print.