Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year on 14 September. In the year 1918, Gandhiji had asked to make Hindi the national language in the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly decided that Hindi would be the official language of India. Since 1953 on the request of Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Wardha, 14th September is celebrated every year as Hindi Diwas in all over India to show the importance of this important decision and to spread Hindi in every region.
Purpose of Hindi Day
Its main objective is to make people aware once in a year that unless they use Hindi fully, the development of Hindi language cannot take place. On this day, it is advised to use Hindi in place of English in all government offices. Apart from this, the one who does good development work in Hindi throughout the year and uses Hindi well in his work, he is honored by the award. In many government institutions, officers are also appointed in Hindi language, whose purpose is to find various mediums of promotion of Hindi language. The existence of Hindi language is disappearing due to the increasing prevalence of English language. The largest Hindi institution in the world located in Varanasi is in a very dilapidated condition today. For this reason, on this day all of them are requested to use Hindi only in their spoken language. Apart from this, people are also asked to write their thoughts etc. in Hindi. Since very few people know about the tools to write in Hindi language, on this day information is given about writing, checking and dictionary in Hindi language.
Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language, written in the Devanagari script. It became the official language of India under Article 343. Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi.
Interesting facts about the Hindi language:
- Hindi language is written in Devnagiri script and is a descendant of Sanskrit.
- Over 60 crore people in India speak Hindi.
- Commonly used Hindi words like ‘Surya Namaskar’ and ‘Jugaad’ are part of the Oxford Dictionary.
- First journal in the Hindi language was published on the Internet in 2000.
- The word Hindi is derived from the Persian Word Hind which means “Land of Indus River”.
- Hindi is the fourth most spoken language of the world. The first three are Chinese, Spanish and English.
- Hindi is spoken in countries like Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, UAE, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Tobago, etc.
- Central Hindi Directorate, Government of India regulate the provisions regarding the Hindi language.
- The first state of India that accepted Hindi as its official language was Bihar.
- The first Hindi poem was composed and released by Amir Khusro.
- The former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered a speech in the Hindi Language at the United Nations in 1977.