Fri Sep 13 10:47:20 UTC 2024: ## India Celebrates Hindi Diwas on September 14th: A Look Back at the Language’s History
India will celebrate Hindi Diwas on September 14th, 2024, commemorating the day in 1949 when Hindi was officially recognized as one of the country’s official languages. The day marks the adoption of Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, as an official language of India, enshrined in the Constitution on September 14th, 1949.
The first Hindi Diwas was celebrated on September 14th, 1953. Today, Hindi boasts a massive linguistic presence, with approximately 425 million speakers as their first language, and an additional 120 million using it as their second language.
Hindi Diwas is a day to celebrate the richness and diversity of the Hindi language, its role in unifying India, and its importance in the country’s cultural fabric.
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