Hindi Diwas & World Hindi Day: Know the Difference
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Mayank Dubey
There are two days dedicated to Hindi in India:
One is Hindi Diwas and second is World Hindi Day. People often confuse the one with the other and this is where we felt the need to clear the air.
When it is celebrated?
World Hindi Day is observed annually on January 10. Hindi Diwas is celebrated on every September 14
Why we celebrate Hindi Diwas
It marks the declaration of Hindi as official language of India on Sep 14, 1949. The Celebration was started by JL Nehru in 1953.
Why we observe World Hindi Day
It marks the first World Hindi Conference that took place on January 10 in 1975, in Nagpur.
The conference was inaugurated by the then PM Indira Gandhi...
While the Mauritius PM Seewoosagur Ramgoolam was the chief guest of the conference.
PM Manmohan Singh started the celebration of World Hindi Day in 2006.
It is celebrated to promote the use of the Hindi language worldwide. Another objective of the occasion is to present Hindi as an international language.
How Hindi Diwas is celebrated?
Various literary and cultural events like essay writing, letter writing, poems singing, and speech making competitions are held across various schools and colleges.
How World Hindi Day is celebrated?
Indian embassies around the world and government offices across the nation mark the day by holding various programs promoting Hindi.
There is another event called...
World Hindi conference which is held once every 3 years on January 10.
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