Hindi Day is an annual day observed on 14 September at national level and in hindi speaking states of India to celebrate the adoption of Hindi as one of the two official languages of India.
Hindi Diwas-
Official name-Hindi Diwas-Observed by
Government of India Significance
Adoption of Hindi as an official language of India,Observances
Commemoration of luminaries in the field of Hindi literature
Date-14 September
Next time-14 September 2020-Frequency
Annual-History of Hindi Diwas Edit
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Beohar Rajendra Simha. On his 50th birthday 14-09--1949 Hindi was adopted as the Official Language of Republic of India.
Events Edit;
Apart from local-level events in schools and other institutions, a few of the notable events include
The former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee had conferred awards in different categories for the excellence in different fields pertaining to Hindi at a function in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
Rajbhasha Awards were conferred upon the Ministries, Departments, PSUs and Nationalised Banks.[4]
Making bank challans available only in English and Hindi even in rural India where most people only know one language - their mother tongue. 7/8ths of the time this is NOT Hindi.
Ministry of Home Affairs in its order dated 25 March 2015 has changed name of two awards given annually on Hindi Divas. 'Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar' instituted in 1986 changed to 'Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar' and 'Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Gyan-Vigyan Maulik Pustak Lekhan Puraskar' changed to "Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar"
References Edit
"हिन्दी दिवस: हिन्दी भाषा से जुड़े 19 रोचक तथ्य, ...जानिए". Live Bihar News | लाइव बिहार न्यूज़ (in Hindi). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
"Constitutional provisions for Hindi".
"Language Census of India".
"India observed Hindi Divas on 10 January". Jagran Josh. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
"Names of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi knocked off Hindi Diwas awards". The Economic Times. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
