World Hindi Day 2023: Vishwa Hindi Diwas is an annual event celebrated on 10 January. World Hindi Day was created to mark the occasion when Hindi was first spoken at the UNGA in 1949. With nearly 600 million speakers worldwide, Hindi is the third most widely spoken language in the world after Mandarin Chinese and English.
World Hindi Day 2023: History
The celebration of World Hindi Day began in 1949, the year Hindi was first recognized as the official language of India at the UNGA. Later in 1975, Nagpur in Maharashtra hosted the first World Hindi Conference, which was opened by Indira Gandhi, the country’s prime minister at the time.
Dr. Manmohan Singh, a former prime minister, declared January 10 as World Hindi Day every year. Since that time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs started organizing the celebrations of this day abroad for the first time that year as well.
World Hindi Day 2023: Importance
Celebrating Hindi as a universal language on World Hindi Day emphasizes finding love for the language and appreciating the contributions of Hindi speakers. Also, this day is used to raise public awareness on issues of Hindi usage and Indian language usage in general.
World Hindi Day 2023: Everything you need to know about the special event.
World Hindi Day 2023: Congratulations and Greetings
- Hindi is the most comfortable language of all. Share the love for your language not only today, but every day. Happy Hindi Diwas!
- Let us pledge to give first respect and preference to our language Hindi! Happy Hindi Diwas.
- Let us all be proud of our Hindi language and celebrate the day with much grandeur!
- Until Hindi becomes the power of the poor, the country will not be freed from poverty. Happy Hindi Diwas!
- Celebrate beautiful Hindi literature every day! Happy Diwas Hindi
- Celebrate this day as a patriotic reminder of our roots and common unity, Happy Diwas Hindi!
- On this day of Diwas Hindi, promise to always stand for the honor of our mother tongue.
- For us Indians, Hindi is not our language but our identity, our religion to the world. On this Vishwa Hindi Diwas
- Hindi is the strength of every Indian, Hindi is a spontaneous expression, Happy World Hindi Day 2023.
- Be proud of your mother tongue, Hindi the language of love and comfort. Make the most of Diwas Hindi Vishwa.
Vishwa Hindi Diwas 2023: Famous Quotes
- “Why don’t I speak Hindi?” (Without Hindi, I am voiceless) – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Main un logon me se hoon, jo chahte hai aur jinka vichar hai, ki Hindi hi Bharat ki rashtra bhasha ho shakti hai.” (I am one of those who think only Hindi can be the national language of India) – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- “Freedom is lost without the national language”. (Freedom without a national language is meaningless) – Avanindra Kumar Vidyalankar
- “Akbar se lekar Aurangzeb tak, Mughals ne jis bhasha ka gaagat kiya wo brajbhasha thi.” (From Akbar to Aurangzeb, all Mughals welcomed ‘Brijbhasha/Hindi) – Ramchandra Shukl
- “Rashtra ekta ki kadi Hindi me Jodi ja sakti hai.” (Hindi can bind the country in unity) – Balkrishna Sharma Navin
- “A language has been discovered to bind the country in a thread.” (Hindi is essential for the unity of India) – Seth Govinddas
- “Hindi Bhartiya is the soul of Sanskrit” (Hindi is the soul of Indian culture) – Kamla Pati Tripathi
- “Indian literature and Sanskrit are very important in Hindi.” (Hindi’s contribution to Indian culture and literature is unmatched) – Sampurnanand
World Hindi Day 2023: Interesting Facts
- The word Hindi is derived from the Persian word ‘Hind’. It means the land of the Indus River.
- The first Hindi magazine was published in 2000. It was the debut of the Hindi Language on the World Wide Web.
- Bihar was the first state in India to declare Hindi as an official language replacing Urdu.
- Hindi is the mother tongue of about 600 million people worldwide.
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in 1977, proudly showed respect for the Hindi language and delivered a speech in Hindi at the United Nations.
- Hindi is spoken in New Zealand, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Bangladesh, Trinidad, Tobago and Pakistan.
- Amit Khusro, a renowned poet, was the first writer to compose and publish the first poem in Hindi.
- Hindi language was considered as the main language under Article 343 of the Parliament on 26 January 1950.
- The first Hindi cars were made in the 1930s.
- Hindi was made a principal language under Article 343 of the parliament on 26 January 1950.
Hindi Day, also known as Vishwas Hindi Diwas is celebrated with great fanfare by the Ministry of External Affairs. Numerous events are planned nationally and internationally to promote the Hindi language, including poetry readings, quizzes, cultural events, public speaking competitions and debates.
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