Hindi is one of the languages which are most spoken and understood in the world. Mahatma Gandhi had said that Hindi is the language of the public and he had also recommended it to make it the national language of the country. Hindi was given the status of official language on 14 September 1949, so this day is celebrated as Hindi Day.
The Constituent Assembly accepted English as an official language along with Hindi script with Devanagari script. On this day in the year 1949, the Constituent Assembly declared Hindi as the official language of India. However, the first Hindi Day was celebrated on 14 September 1953.
All languages are spoken in India and each language has its own quality. The importance of a language is no less than another language but Hindi language has been the identity of India from the beginning and it is also our national language. This is the reason that Hindi Day is celebrated every year on 14 September with the aim of showing the importance and utility of Hindi.
Some people also get confused about Hindi Day and say that Hindi Day is celebrated in January, then how did it come in September. In such a situation, for their information, let us know that World Hindi Day is celebrated on 10 January and only Hindi Day is celebrated on 14 September. In such a situation, there are 2 occasions in a year when Hindi Day is celebrated.
On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly accepted Hindi as the official language of India with Devanagari script. After this, this day was formally celebrated as National Hindi Day from 1953. This day increases the importance of Hindi, utility and pride of being Hindi -speaking. This is the day to show our respect for our mother tongue.
Hindi Day gets recognition and respect globally, hence celebrates World Hindi Day on 10 January. This date is important because the first World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur on this day in the year 1975. After this, from the year 2006, every year, 10 January was celebrated as World Hindi Day. Hindi is becoming very popular abroad too because whenever PM Modi goes abroad, he definitely gives a speech in Hindi. He has greatly promoted Hindi language.
