Dint I say that myself? even now, no one can claim that India is controlled by Hindi Belt. The powers are distributed fairly well to all the states of India
Oh please, removing English and forcing us to learn Hindi would have put us at a great disadvantage vis a vis North in civil service exams, since you would be giving them in your native language and we have to learn a foreign language and THEN give it. English is a neutral ground.
BTW, it was not so much Hindi being forced which was opposed by rather English being scrapped too which was opposed tooth and nail. No one is dumb and South Indians dint fall for the BS that Hindi is somehow Indian or other such excuse which was used for imposing it.