Hindi Diwas 2023 Date: From Where Did Hindi Get Its Name? Know Interesting Facts About This Day

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Hindi Diwas 2023: Hindi holds third place in the list of most spoken languages ​​in the whole world and that can give you an idea of ​​how popular this language is.

According to Worlddata.info, the Hindi language has its roots in the Indo-European language family. With 584.57 million native speakers, Hindi has the highest prevalence in India. A total of about 585.5 million people worldwide speak Hindi as their mother tongue.

The Hindi language is celebrated on two days: National Hindi Day and the other one is World Hindi Day. While World Hindi Day is celebrated on 10 January, National Hindi Day is celebrated on 14 September. Let us know more about Hindi Diwas or National Hindi Day.

Why Is National Hindi Day Celebrated On 14 September?

Hindi Diwas, also known as Hindi Day, is an annual observance in India celebrated on 14 September 2023. It commemorates the adoption of Hindi as one of the official languages of India by the Constituent Assembly of India on 14 September 1949. Hindi was declared as the official language of the Indian Republic on 26 January 1950, the same day that the Indian Constitution came into effect.

The reason for this is that on 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of the country gave the status of official language to Hindi. Since then we have celebrated this day as Hindi Day.

This day is also celebrated as the birth anniversary of Beohar Rajendra Simha. Various types of programs will be organized across the country so that the popularity of Hindi will further increase. In order for Hindi to get the status of an official language, Mahatma Gandhi called Hindi the language of the masses in 1918.

From Where Did Hindi Get Its Name?
The Hindi language got its name 'Hindi' from the Persian word 'Hind'. It is said that at that time Sindhu was a very popular river and from the word Sindhu, Hindu was formed which meant the people living around Sindhu, and the language of these people came to be called Hindi.

How Can You Preserve The Hindi language?
Preserving the Hindi language, like any language will need preservation effort, and it will involve a combination of individual and collective actions, education, and cultural awareness. However, due to numerous influences, the pure form of the Hindi language has been disturbed and many states in India use the modern Hindi language.

Therefore, you can preserve the language and do your bit by using Hindi in your daily life, participating in Hindi cultural activities, exploring apps and websites that promote Hindi language courses, documenting oral history and tradition in the Hindi language, celebrating Hindi festivals, teaching Hindi language, travel to 'Hindi belt' in India so that you can understand the dialect, and promote Hindi language in the community with the help of technology and media.

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