New Delhi: India is celebrating World Hindi Day on Monday to spread awareness around the world about its importance as an international language. The day also marks the anniversary of the World Hindi Conference, which was first organized in the year 1975.
World Hindi Day is celebrated exclusively by Indian Embassies abroad.
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Know the history, importance of the day
In 1975, for the first time on 10 January, the World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur. The conference held in Maharashtra was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and saw participation from a total of 30 countries.
In 2006, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh announced that every year 10 January would be celebrated as World Hindi Day. This was perhaps the first time that the Ministry of External Affairs also started celebrating the day in Indian missions abroad.
Not only to spread awareness of Hindi as an international language, World Hindi Day also tried to focus on creating interest and passion in the language.
Hindi is the fourth most spoken language worldwide after English, Spanish and Mandarin. In India, it is one of the major official languages along with English.
Events and celebrations are organized at the state and local level on this day. The President of India also gives away awards in various categories for excellence in various fields related to Hindi.
How is it different from National Hindi Day?
World Hindi Day is not the same as National Hindi Day which is celebrated on 14 September every year.
National Hindi Day is celebrated to commemorate the declaration of Hindi language as one of the official languages of the Government of India. Hindi was adopted as one of the official languages of India on this day in 1949.
However, people get confused between National Hindi Day and World Hindi Day.
some famous quotes about hindi
“Nobody can stop the promotion and development of Hindi”: Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant
“Hindi is the soul of Indian culture”: Kamalapati Tripathi
“A nation is dumb without a national language”: Mahatma Gandhi
“Hindi is not the language of any one state but the most spoken language in the country”: William Carey
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