World Hindi Day: Why is World Hindi Day celebrated only on January 10, funny story

World Hindi Day 2023: World Hindi Day is celebrated every year on 10 January. On this day Hindi was spoken on the international stage for the first time.

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oi-Pallavi Kumari

Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 11:30 [IST]

World Hindi Day 2023: Today on January 10, World Hindi Day is celebrated all over the world. The purpose of celebrating World Hindi Day is to promote the language. On this day, on January 10, Hindi was spoken for the first time in the United Nations General Assembly. World Hindi Day and is different from National Hindi Day celebrated on 14 September every year. The Constituent Assembly of India adopted and recognized Hindi as one of the official languages ​​of India in 1949.

Know the history of World Hindi Day

World Hindi Day was celebrated for the first time in 2006 on the orders of the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Why is World Hindi Day celebrated only on January 10, then tell that the date of January 10 was chosen for World Hindi Day because Hindi was spoken for the first time in the United Nations General Assembly on this day in 1949.

Also on this day in 1975, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi established the Vishwa Hindi Sammelan with the goal of bringing together Hindi scholars, writers and award winners who have contributed to the development of the language and valued their efforts.

The first World Hindi Conference was also inaugurated on 10 January

The first World Hindi Conference was inaugurated on 10 January 1975. This World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur from 10 to 12 January 1975. Sivasagar Ramgoolam, the then Prime Minister of Mauritius, attended the conference as the chief guest. The conference was attended by more than 100 delegates from around 30 countries.

Learn these facts about Hindi

According to the 2011 census, the number of Hindi speakers in India is 43.63 percent, which is the highest among all the languages ​​of the country.

Hindi is the first language of about 430 million people around the world.

Hindi is said to be a descendant of Sanskrit language. The words and grammar in Hindi follow the ancient language.

Apart from being spoken in India, the language is also spoken in many parts of the world including United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nepal, Fiji, Mauritius etc.

Hindi and Nepali language have the same script, which is Devanagari.

Hindi has been given the status of the national language of India.

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