World Hindi Day 2023: Why is Vishwa Hindi Diwas
Vishwa Hindi Diwas 2023: Why is the Vishwa Hindi Divas celebrated on January 10 every year? Read on about its history, significance and how do students celeb
World Hindi Day, History, Significance: World Hindi Day, also known as Vishwa Hindi Diwas, is celebrated on January 10 every year by Hindi enthusiasts across the world to mark the importance and celebrate Hindi as a language.
History
Vishwa Hindi Diwas was started to mark the anniversary of the first time Hindi was spoken in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 1949. In the year 1975, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi inaugurated the first World Hindi Conference. Since then, conferences have been organised in different parts of the world.
दुनिया भर में एक अंतरराष्ट्रीय भाषा के रूप में हिंदी के बारे में जागरूकता फैलाने के लिए हर साल 10 जनवरी को विश्व हिंदी दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता है। यह दिन विशेष रूप से विदेशों में भारतीय दूतावासों द्वारा मनाया जाता है।
राष्ट्रभाषा के बिना राष्ट्र गूंगा है": महात्मा गांधी
- Hindi is one of the seven Indian languages used to make web URLs.
- Hindi is the native language of around 430 million people worldwide.
- Hindi and Nepalese use the Devanagari script.
- Several English words are derived from Hindi: chutney, loot, bungalow, guru, jungle, karma, and yoga, to name a few.
- Apabhramsa, a Sanskrit branch, was the oldest form of Hindi. Around 400 AD, Kalidas composed Vikramorvashiyam in Apabhramsa.
- These languages have influenced and enriched Hindi: Turkish, Arabic, Persian, English, and Dravidian (ancient South Indian).
- Hindi is a descendant of Sanskrit and retains the original language's terminology and syntax.
- According to the Power Language Index, Hindi will be one of the world's most potent languages by 2050.
- On World Hindi Day, various programs are held worldwide, including in India.
- Each letter in the Hindi alphabet has its sound. Also, words in Hindi are spoken in the same order as they appear on the page.
