Hindi Diwas 2023: The Constitution of India provides for the use of Hindi in the Devanagari script as the official language of the Union, according to Article 343. Hindi Diwas commemorates the adoption of Hindi as the official language of India by the Constituent Assembly of India
Indians celebrate National ‘Hindi Diwas’ on 14 September
On this day in 1949, the Hindi language was adopted as one of the official languages of the Republic of India
Written in the Devanagari script, the Constitution of India accepted Hindi language as the official language of India in 1950
On 14 September 1953, India celebrated the first Hindi Diwas
About 425 million people speak Hindi as their first language
About 120 million people speak Hindi as their second language
For a period of 15 years from the commencement of theConstitution, the English language was to be continued to be used for all the official purposes of the Union
When the 15-year period came to an end, protests broke out over the fear of imposition of Hindi in large parts of non-Hindi-speaking India, particularly in Tamil Nadu
The Indian constitution recognizes 22 major languages of India in what is known as the 8th Schedule of the Constitution
The 22 major languages of India include Sanskrit, Assamese, Bangla, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Kannada, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Santali, Sindhi, and Urdu
Originally, only 14 languages were included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian constitution.
Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Manipuri, Nepali, Santali, and Sindhi were the 8 languages recognized later.
World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10 every year, with an aim to promote the use of the Hindi language worldwide
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