Hindi Diwas is celebrated each year on September 14 in India. There are many interesting facts regarding the celebration. EBNW Story features it here…
Do you know over 420 million people across the globe speak Hindi as a first language and around 120 million people speak it as a second language?
In fact, Hindi is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and is also called as Mother Tongue of India. Hindi Diwas is celebrated in India every year on September 14. Hindu language is not only a language but it emerges as a feeling of millions of people across the world who speak Hindi.
Some interesting facts about Hindi Diwas:
1. Hindi is spoken in different countries like Nepal, New Zealand, UAE, Uganda, Fiji, Mauritius, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Bangladesh, Pakistan, USA, UK, Germany and Tobago.
2. Surprisingly, many English words such as bungalow, avatar, guru, jungle, etc have been borrowed from Hindi.
3. Hindi has derived its name from the Persian word ‘Hind’ which means “land of the Indus River”.
4. The first Hindi Diwas was celebrated on September 14, 1953, after the day was officially recognised. In fact, it was September 14, 1949, was the day when the Constituent Assembly of India accepted Hindi, written in Devnagari script, as one of the official languages in India.
5. In 2006, the first time World Hindi Day was celebrated and on January 26, 1950, Hindi was recognized as an official language in Article 343 of the Constitution.
6. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the country,, decided to celebrate Hindi Diwas on September 14.
7. World Hindi Day was first celebrated in the year 2006 by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to promote the Hindi language across the world.
8. In 1881, Bihar became the first Indian state to adopt the Hindi language officially
9. Several Hindi words including ‘Achha’, and ‘Surya Namaskar’ are included in the Oxford Dictionary.
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