Hindi Diwas: Know More About Our Official Language

NEW DELHI: Hindi Diwas being celebrated on September 14, is one of the official language of India with widely spoken by people all over the country, is rich in its history and culture yet sadly its use is declining day by day. Even though it doesn't seem alarming, it's disappearing slowly. This is what makes Hindi Diwas an essential day to acknowledge and embrace our mother tongue, Hindi. It's a day to pay tribute to our mother tongue. A day to remember and honor our Hindi language. Hindi Diwas is an attempt to promote our Hindi language and curb the quickly increasing English speaking trend.

Today, on the occasion of Hindi Diwas let's dive deeper and know more about the language

History: Historical Origin

Hindi originated as a word for the people who in ancient times lived on the banks of the river Indus. It lies in the Northwestern region of India. It is also one of the longest river bodies in Asia. Later down the line the word Indus was heard as the people being called Hindu and the language they spoke was known as Hindi. Hindi also holds roots in the Sanskrit language. There was initially only Sanskrit but over time it went over various changes in the time frame of 1500 BC – 800 BC. There is a major dialect that streams down into other languages called Khari Boli. It was this dialect that laid the foundation for the classic Hindustani popularity. From Khari Boli, modern-day Urdu and Hindi originated.

Bihar which followed Urdu as its official later in 1881 became the first state to declare Hindi as its official language. Finally, on 14th September 1949 Hindi was adopted as the official language of India.

This day is also declared Hindi Diwas as it's an attempt to pay tribute to Beohar Rajendra Simha. He is recognized for his efforts in making the Hindi language the official language of India.

Celebration of Hindi Diwas

On this significant day, many literary events and cultural shows are organized in educational institutions. Various competitions are also held in schools like debates, essays, and exhibitions. For the promotion of Hindi various awards like Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar and Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar are distributed under public units, ministries, nationalized banks, and among citizens too.

Let's know some interesting facts about Hindi:

1. It's the fourth most spoken language after Mandarin, Spanish, and English.

2. It's written in the Devanagari script which came into existence in the 11th century.

3. Various Hindi words are included in the Oxford dictionary; like Kebab, Papad, Bada Din, Bacha, Surya Namaskar, Bapu, Dadagiri, and many more.

4. Other countries where Hindi is spoken are Pakistan, Nepal, UAE, Mauritius, Suriname, Tobago, Fiji, Guyana, and Trinidad.

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