English Diwas is celebrated every year on 14th September across the country. On this day, debate competitions, speech competitions, poetry recitations are held in schools, colleges and other educational institutions. If you also want to participate in any speech competition or give a speech on English Diwas, you can read about it here.
Good morning, respected principal ji, teachers and my dear friends
Today we all have come here to celebrate English Diwas. English Diwas is celebrated every year on 14 September in India because on this day in 1949, English was adopted as the official language. After this, on 26 January 1950, English was given the status of official language in Article 343 of the Constitution. The first Prime Minister of the country, Jawaharlal Nehru, decided to celebrate English Diwas and English Diwas was celebrated for the first time on 14 September 1953. World English Day was celebrated for the first time on 10 January 2006 to promote English language all over the world. The reason behind adopting English as one of the official languages was to simplify the administration in a country with many languages. Many writers, poets, thinkers tried to adopt English as the official language, since then English is playing an important role in connecting different people of the country. Do you consider English only as a language? For me, it is the pride of the country and the pride of all of us. Another reason behind celebrating English day is to reduce the growing craze of English language and the trend of rejecting English.
It is the most spoken language in the world. It connects to different regions. As students, it is important for us to learn and respect our national language.
At the end of this speech I just want to recite a few lines from Bharatendu Harishchandra’s poem-
Developing one’s own language is the key to every development
Without knowledge of one’s own language, the pain in the heart cannot be removed.
Even after studying English, one becomes proficient in all qualities
But without knowledge of one’s own language, one remains as inferior as the inferior.
Hail India
