September 14 Hindi Day

September 14 is celebrated as Hindi Day and was adopted as the official language of Constituent assembly in 1949 on this day. The Constitution of India adopted Hindi in DevanagriScript as the official language of the union under Article (343) in 1950.

It was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the central government by 1965, and state government will function in their own choice. But it did not happen and English is also used along with Hindi.

This decision of using Hindi met a widespread anti Hindi agitation by the non native speaker of Hindi. As a result the Official Language Act of 1963 was passed and English continued to be use as official language for indefinite period.

Hindi has a history behind; it belongs to Indo–Aryan branch of indo European language family. The word ‘Hindi’ itself is a gift of Persian, Mughals added to its flavour, Amir Khusro was first to write Hindi Poem.

Though it evolved from Sanskrit but many of its words originated from Arabic or Persian language.

This is also called as a ‘link language’, as it has united the vast Indian Diaspora and also minimized the gap between South and North India.

This language has travelled a long distance to make its presence felt in the World. It is spoken in many parts of the world and its one of the main language in Mauritius, Surinam, Trinidad and many others including US, South Africa, New Zealand etc.

If it is the mother tongue of 180 million people then it is also the second language of 300 million people.

Gandhi used this language to unite the whole India and used this language as ‘language of unity’. The word Swadeshirevolutionise the freedom struggle, and its entry into the Oxford dictionary marks its importance in world history.